Fairbanks, Douglas Elton (Jr.)
- Date of birth:
- December 9th, 1909 (New York City/New York, United States)
- Date of death:
- May 7th, 2000 (New York City/New York, United States)
- Buried on:
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Oficial del Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1941
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Awarded for:
- Operation Dragoon
Legion of Merit - US Military
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Awarded on:
- March 1945
- Awarded for:
- Operation Dragoon
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 336
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With Bronze "V" device
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1946
- Awarded for:
- Operation Dragoon
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1946
- Awarded for:
- Operation Dragoon
With palm
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1949
-
Partly for his work as a U.S. Navy officer for the British Admiralty and partly for his postwar work raising money for the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE).
Honorary knighthood
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1949
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1950
Associate
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded for:
- Operation Avalanche
Croce al Merito di Guerra
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Commander
- Awarded for:
- Operation Avalanche
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Valor awards for Douglas Elton Fairbanks , Jr.
- DOU 3/10/1941 - Pg. 13 - Seção 1 | Diário Oficial da União | Diários Jusbrasil
- Hollywood Star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Dies - The Washington Post
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times
- Person Page
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38952/page/3259/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38804/page/60/data.pdf
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