Kennedy, Joseph Patrick

Date of birth:: July 28th, 1915
Date of death:: August 12th, 1944
Buried on:: Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Nationality:: American

Biography

Mentioning of name on Monument Cambridge.

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Navy Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant
Unit:: Bombing Squadron 110 (VB-110), Special Air Unit 1 (Europe)

Citation:
"For extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Commander of a Navy Liberator Patrol Plane in Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED TEN (VB-110), Special Air Unit ONE (Europe), during a special air mission directed at Mimoyecques, France, on 12 August 1944. Well knowing the extreme dangers involved and totally unconcerned for his own safety, Lieutenant Kennedy unhesitatingly volunteered to conduct an exceptionally hazardous and special operational mission. Intrepid and daring in his tactics and with unwavering confidence in the vital importance of his task, he willingly risked his life in the supreme measure of service, and, by his great personal valor and fortitude in carrying out a perilous undertaking, sustained and enhanced the finest traditions of the United States Naval Service."