A quiet week in Naval Aviation history but not in Navy heroics.  5 Medals of Honor have been awarded for heroic actions from 8-11 June.

08 June 1945:  Hospital Apprentice First Class Fred Lester for saving a Marine on Okinawa. 

9 June 1944: Commander Samuel Dealey for actions as Skipper of the submarine Harder.

10 June 1945:  Lieutenant Richard McCool, Jr. for putting his large support landing craft next to a sinking destroyer to off load crew members and the following day after a suicide plane crashes into the landing craft, personally freeing men trapped in a compartment. 

10 June 1965: Construction Mechanic Third Class Marvin Shields for remaining in defensive lines for seven hours as Viet Cong attack and then volunteering to destroy an enemy machine gun emplacement forward of the front lines. 

11 June 1918: Lieutenant Orlando Petty for continuing to work to save lives at a dressing station while under heavy attack.  After the station is destroyed, he then carries a wounded officer to safety. 

Lester, Dealey and Shields all received the award posthumously.

FLY NAVY!