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Pearl Harbor Survivor Medal

Name: Richard C. Higgins

Rank:  Chief Aviation Electronics Technician

Branch of Service: U.S. Navy, Retired

Specialty: Aviation Radioman, Aviation Electronics Technician

Active Duty Dates: December 1939-July 1959

Reserve Dates: July 1959-January 1970

Armed Conflicts:  WW-II –

Theater of Operation: Asiatic-Pacific

Campaigns: Pearl Harbor, Netherlands East Indies, Aleutian Islands

Decorations & Awards:

   Air Medal w/gold star, Presidential Unit Citation with bronze star, Good Conduct Medal w/5 stars,    American Defense Medal

   w/star, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/3 stars, WW-II Victory Medal, China Service Medal,

   National Defense Service Medal, Philippine Defense Ribbon, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation,Remember Pearl Harbor

   Medal

Speaking Subjects: Prelude to WW II, Attack at Pearl Harbor, Action in the Netherlands East Indies and Southern

   Philippine Waters and Aleutian Islands Campaign (the Thousand Mile War)

 

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