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Lieut. Clifford E. Case, USNR



Lt. (jg) Clifford Case, USNR, in the cockpit of his Grumman F6F Hellcat,
VOF-1 Squadron, Escort-Carrier USS Tulagi, CVE-72, 1944.

The Western Star, March 21, 1947.
Coldwater Fliers Given Navy Citations


Ninth Naval District, Great Lakes, Ill. - Lieut. Clifford E. Case, USNR, of Coldwater, Kans., has received a permanent citation for his Air Medal from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, for the President.
Lieut. Case, who has been released to inactive duty, earned, the award in aerial action against enemy forces during the Allied Invasion of Southern France.
During the war, citations were temporary, or incomplete, for security reasons.
Text of the full citation is as follows: "For meritorious achievement in aerial flight as a pilot of a fighter plane, during the Allied Invasion of Southern France in August, 1944. Piloting his fighter aircraft on numerous hazardous missions, often deep within enemy controlled territory and through intense antiaircraft fire, Lieut. (then Lieut. jg. Case) directed his damaging bombing and strafing attacks against coastal defenses, lines of communications, and troops concentrations, thereby contributing materially to the success of our landing on the coast and to the rapid advance of the Allied ground forces in clearing enemy occupied territory. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."

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