80-G-42813:  Lieutenant Ward F. Powell, USNR, was awarded the Navy Cross recently Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, Commander of the South Pacific Force, Lieutenant Powell led a flight of torpedo planes against Japanese Naval forces in the Battle of Santa Cruz, October 26, 1942.  Through heavy anti-aircraft fire, Lieutenant Powell led his planes to score two direct 500 pound bomb hits on a heavy enemy cruiser.    Photographed, September 1943.   Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.   (2017/08/01).
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