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 * 1926 - The Distinguished Flying Cross is authorized by Congress. The first Naval Aviator to receive the Distinguished is Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd for his flight to the North Pole on May 9, 1926.
 * 1937 - Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific. US Coast Guard cutter Itasca, USS Colorado (BB 45) and USS Lexington (CV 2) and PBY aircraft from Hawaii are dispatched, but the extensive search is unsuccessful.
 * 1944 - TBM aircraft from (VC 58) based on board USS Wake Island (CVE 65) sink German submarine U 543, southeast of the Azores.
 * 1944 - PB4Ys (FAW 1) sink Japanese sailing vessel Nishima Maru off Mokpo, Korea, and cargo ship No.12 Shima Maru.
 * 1945 - USS Barb (SS 220) bombards Japanese installations on Kaihyo Island, Japan in the first successful use of rockets against shore positions.

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