Decorations
| Naval Aviator Badge | |||||||||||||
| 1st Row | Medal of Honor | Navy Cross | Navy Distinguished Service Medal w/ Gold Star | Distinguished Flying Cross | |||||||||
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| 2nd Row | Legion of Merit w/ Gold Star | Navy Commendation Medal w/ two Gold stars | Gold Lifesaving Medal | World War I Victory Medal w/ three battle clasps | |||||||||
| 3rd Row | Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal (1928-1930) | American Defense Service Medal w/star | American Campaign Medal | European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/ service star | |||||||||
| 4th Row | Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ three service stars | World War II Victory Medal | United States Antarctic Expedition Medal | Officer of the Legion of Honor | |||||||||
- Medal of Honor (1926) (Rare Tiffany Cross version)
- Navy Cross
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal with Gold Star
- Legion of Merit with Gold Star
- Distinguished Flying Cross (1926)
- Navy Commendation Medal
- Lifesaving Medal (1914)
- Victory Medal (1918)
- Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal, issued in gold (1928–1930)
- 2nd Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal (1933–1935)
- United States Antarctic Expedition Medal, issued in gold (1939–1941)
- American Campaign Medal (1943)
- Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (1942)
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
- World War Two Victory Medal (1945)
- Antarctica Service Medal, posthumously eligible (1960)
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