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USS INDEPENDENCE   (CV-22)
(later CVL-22)

Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons

Thanks to Al Hiegel, Historian, USS Independence CVL-22 Reunion Group Inc.




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8 stars) / World War II Victory Medal
2nd Row: Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Asia" clasp) / Philippine Presidential Unit Citation / Philippine Liberation Medal
  • American Campaign Medal

    1943 - 1946
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  • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 Silver and 3 Bronze Stars

    Pacific Raids 1943
       Marcus Island raid
    31 Aug 1943
    Treasury-Bougainville operation
       Rabaul strike
    11 Nov 1943
    Gilbert Islands operation19-20 Nov 1943
    Western Caroline Islands operation
       Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands
       Assault on the Philippine Islands
    6 Sep-14 Oct 1944
    9-24 sep 1944
    Leyte operation
       Third Fleet supporting operations Okinawa Attack
       Northern Luzon and Formosa Attacks
       Battle of Surigao Strait
       Luzon Attacks


       Visayas Attacks
    10 Oct 1944
    13-14 Oct 1944
    24-26 Oct 1944
    15, 17-19 Oct 1944;
    5-6, 19-25 Nov 1944;
    14-16 Dec 1944
    21 Oct 1944
    Luzon Operation
       Luzon Attacks
       Formosa Attacks
       China Coast Attacks
       Nanshei Shoto Attack
    6-7 Jan 1945
    3-4, 9, 15, 21 Jan 1945
    12, 16 Jan 1945
    22 Jan 1945
    Okinawa Gunto Operation
       5th and 3rd Fleet raids in support of Okinawa Gunto operation
    17 Mar-11 Jun 1945
    Third Fleet operations against Japan10 Jul-15 Aug 1945
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  • World War II Victory Medal
  • Navy Occupation Service Medal with "Asia" clasp

    2-23 Sep 1945; 7-9 Oct 1945; 1-4 Dec 1945
    		•
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

    Awarded for extraordinarily meritorious service during World War II:
    10, 13-15, 17-19, 21, 24-26 Oct 1944;
    5-6, 19-25 Nov 1944;
    14-16 Dec 1944;
    3-4, 6-7, 9, 12, 15-16 Jan 1945;
    21-22 Jun 1945
    		•
  • Philippine Liberation Medal

    Participation in engagements with the enemy during the Philippine Liberation Campaign.
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