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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 (2 stars)

  • American Campaign Medal

    1943 - 1946
  • 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
  • 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 the initial landing operation of Leyte and adjoining islands, 10, 13–14 October 1944.
    Participation in any engagement against the enemy during the Philippine Liberation Campaign.
    Service in Philippine wates for not less than 30 days during the period of 7 October 1944–2 September 1945.


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