ARM3/C EUGENE G. HERKINS, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 1071

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Dist. Flying Cross (2)

Theaters/Campaigns:
Asia/Pac/Okinawa

Aircraft:
SBD
SB2C-4E
BC12D
Stinson 108-3
Piper Colt 108

Ship/Units/Deployments:
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Bombing Squad 9

Associations/Service Organizations:
AMVETS
American Legion
U.S. Navy Mem Fdn.
Naval Aviation Museum Fdn.
USS Yorktown Assn.

Significant Achievements:
Two - Dist. Flying Crosses. Participated in strike against Japanese fleet armada which included battleship "Yamato" - April 7, 1945. Private Pilot. Served in Asiatic-PAC, American Theatre, Okinawa. Flown taildraggers, Aeronca 7AC; Luscombe 8E.