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Name:                                     Richard C. Higgins

Rank                                       Chief Aviation Electronics Technician

Branch of Service:                  U.S. Navy, Retired

Units:                                       Prior to WW-II - VP-43

                                                During WW-II - VP-22, VP-61& Training

                                                Squadron VB-2,ATU-2

                                                Post WW-II:  VA4A  aboard USS Kearsarge

                                                and USS Randolph, VP-2, VF-13, Instructor

                                                NATTC Airman School, USS Pine Island,

                                                Fleet Airborne Electronic Training Unit,

                                                VAAW-35 aboard USS Lexington

Specialty:                                Aviation Radioman, Aviation Electronics Technician                             

Active Duty Dates:                  December 1939-July 1959

Reserve Dates:                       July 1959-January 1970

Armed Conflicts                     WW-II - Pearl Harbor, Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia), Aleutian Islands

Theater of Operation:            Asiatic-Pacific

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}