Photo #: NH 106473
Ensign Bruce A. Van Voorhis, USN
Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa the later 1920s or early 1930s, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 273.
Bruce A. Van Voorhis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while serving as Squadron Commander of Bombing Squadron One Hundred Two (VB-102) and as Plane Commander of a PB4Y-1 Patrol Bomber operating against the Japanese held Greenwich Island during theSolomon Islands campaign, 6 July 1943. During this action, Van Voorhis was a Lieutenant Commander.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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