EDWARD GEORGE "WENDY" WENDORF
Deceased
Rate/Rank
CDR
Service Branch
USN 9/1942 - 1/1966
Speciality
NAVAL AVIATOR Born
02/22/1922WEST, TX
NAVY ACE (6 KILLS)
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
FIGHTING SQUADRON SIXTEEN VF-16
USS LEXINGTON CV-16
INSTRUCTOR, NAVAL AIR BASIC TRAINING, PENSACOLA
XO, UTILITY SQUADRON THREE VU-3
USS BENNINGTON CV-20
MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM
BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS W/2 GOLD STARS NAVY
PURPLE HEART NAVY
AIR MEDAL W/11 STARS NAVY
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION NAVY
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL NAVY
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL NAVY
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL NAVY
KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL NAVY
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL NAVY