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USS BUNKER HILL   (CV-17)
(later CVA-17, CVS-17 and AVT-9)


Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons

Thanks to Tom Kelly, USS Bunker Hill Association webmaster, who checked this list.


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Presidential Unit Citation / American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (11 stars)
2nd Row: World War II Victory Medal / Philippine Presidential Unit Citation / Philippine Liberation Medal



  • Presidential Unit Citation

    11 Nov 1943 - 23 Feb 1944
    29 Mar 1944 - 30 Apr 1944
    11 Jun 1944 - 05 Aug 1944
    06 Sep 1944 - 21 Oct 1944
    11 Nov 1944 - 25 Nov 1944
    16 Feb 1945 - 11 May 1945

    (Copy of the Presidential Unit Citation courtesy of Gerry Manseau, son of Leon L. Manseau, who served aboard Bunker Hill.)
  • American Campaign Medal
  • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 2 Silver and 1 Bronze Stars

    Treasury-Bougainville OperationNov 1943
    Gilbert Islands OperationNov-Dec 1943
    Bismarck Archipielago OperationDec 1943-Jan 1944
    Marshall Islands OperationJan-Feb 1944
    Asiatic-Pacific Raids, 1944Feb-May 1944
    Hollandia OperationApr 1944
    Marianas OperationJun-Aug 1944
    Western Caroline IslandsSep 1944
    Leyte OperationOct 1944
    Iwo Jima OperationFeb-Mar 1945
    Okinawa Gunto OperationMar-May 1945
  • World War II Victory Medal
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
  • Philippine Liberation Medal

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