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First Name: Oscar

Last Name: Dodson

Birthplace: Urbana, IL, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Navy (present)

Rating:

Home of Record: Waco, TX
Middle Name: H.



Date of Birth: 03 January 1905

Date of Death: 22 January 1996

Rank or Rate: Rear Admiral

Years Served:
Oscar Henry Dodson

   
Graduate, U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1927

Engagements:
•  World War II (1941 - 1945)

Biography:

Oscar Henry Dodson

Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy

Silver Star

GENERAL ORDERS:
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 313 (May 1943)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Commander Oscar Henry Dodson, United States Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Communications Officer on board the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. HORNET (CV-8), during the operations of the U.S. Naval Forces north of the Santa Cruz, Islands, on 26 October 1942. Lieutenant Commander Dodson directed the reestablishment of radio and visual communications after all normal channels had been destroyed or rendered ineffectual by enemy bombs.
Later, accompanied by a volunteer crew, he entered a compartment containing an unexploded bomb in order to destroy the ship's secret publications. Lieutenant Commander Dodson's gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.



Origin of Nickname/Handle:

Texas WWII Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 316097   Created by: drjones46

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