SECNAV Del Toro Presents Posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross to WWII Hero

Aviation Radioman Third Class Petty Officer Peter Smith was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the Secretary of the Navy on August 16, 2023. During his 11 months with VT-28 during WWII, he was part of more than 150 missions in the Pacific Theater on a TBF Avenger.

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