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American

Lt. (jg) Kenneth* S. Norton, USNR, Oberlin, Kans.: As a naval gunfire liaison officer in the assault on Normandy, he landed with the first wave of rangers and was one of the first up the cliff at Pointe du Hoe. When the rangers were surrounded by enemy troops in superior numbers, he called for and adjusted fire in great volume and with marked accuracy. Without this accurate fire the rangers probably could not have survived. He was wounded on the evening of D day but continued his efforts and, after being treated on the USS Texas, returned to the battlefield and resumed his duties.

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• - Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present, by C. Douglas Sterner