Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit:

Patrol Squadron Twenty-Two (VP-22) U.S. Navy

Awarded on:

1942

Citation:
"For extremely gallant and intrepid conduct as Pilot of a patrol plane in Patrol Squadron Twenty-Two (VP-22) during and following an attack by enemy Japanese aircraft in the vicinity of Cape Diemen, Australia, on 19 February 1942. Although Lieutenant Moorer and his co-pilot were wounded in the attack, he succeeded in landing his badly damaged and blazing plane. His courage and leadership during a subsequent attack upon the rescue ship and while undergoing hardships and dangers of returning the survivors to the Australian mainland were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."