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  • Harlan Dickson
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  • Harlan Rockey Dickson (about 1920 – 5 February 1944) was an officer in the United States Navy who was decorated for valor during World War II. Dickson was a member of aircraft carrier USS Yorktown's (CV-5) famed dive bomber Squadron 5. He twice received the Navy Cross for his outstanding courage and combat flying, first at Tulagi in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 and again at the pivotal Battle of Midway in June 1942. Lieutenant Commander Dickson crashed and was killed off the California coast on 5 February 1944.
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Unit
  • Dive bomber Squadron 5
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serviceyears
  • ?-1944
Birth Date
  • 1914-09-16
Branch
death place
  • Pacific Ocean off California
Name
  • Harlan Rockey Dickson
Caption
  • Lieutenant Commander Harlan R. Dickson with Lieutenant Commander John L. Nielsen, both members of U.S. Navy dive bomber Squadron 5 in the early months of World War II, at the Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C. ca. July 1943.
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Columbus, Ohio
Awards
death date
  • 1944-02-05
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Allegiance
Battles
abstract
  • Harlan Rockey Dickson (about 1920 – 5 February 1944) was an officer in the United States Navy who was decorated for valor during World War II. Dickson was a member of aircraft carrier USS Yorktown's (CV-5) famed dive bomber Squadron 5. He twice received the Navy Cross for his outstanding courage and combat flying, first at Tulagi in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 and again at the pivotal Battle of Midway in June 1942. Lieutenant Commander Dickson crashed and was killed off the California coast on 5 February 1944.