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Seven Battle Stars for Action in WW II

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The Mullany earned seven battle stars during seventeen engagements with the enemy during WWII. The code numbers consist of a letter and a number. The Letter P denotes the Pacific theater. The first number denotes the specific campaign, and the second number (if present) denotes the specific action in a campaign. The below data has been supplied by the Navy Department, Chief of Naval Operations

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star.gif  P-22-5         Cape Gloucester, New Britain

       Dec. 28, 1943-Mar. 03, 1944
       Jan. 05, 1944-Jan. 09, 1944
       Jan. 11, 1944-Jan. 16, 1944
       Jan. 28, 1944-Feb. 02, 1944

        P-22-12        Admiralty Island landings

       Feb. 29, 1944-Mar. 05, 1944


star.gif  P-17-4        Eastern New Guinea Saidor Occupation

       Jan. 18, 1944-Jan. 21, 1944


star.gif  P-40        Holandia Operation (Aitape Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay)

       Apr. 22, 1944


star.gif  P-28-3        Toem-Wake-Sarmi area Operation

       May. 17, 1944

        P-28-4        Biak Island Operation

       May. 27, 1944
       Jun. 04, 1944-Jun. 05, 1944
       Jun. 08, 1944-Jun. 09, 1944
       Jul. 02, 1944

        P-28-6         Cape Sansapor Operation

       Jul. 30, 1944

        P-28-8        Morotal Landings

       Sep. 16, 1944


star.gif  P-31-1        Leyte Landings

       Oct. 20, 1944-Oct. 24, 1944


star.gif  P-33-1         Assault and Occupation Of Iwo Jima

       Feb. 16, 1945-Feb. 26, 1945


star.gif  P-34-1        Assault and Occupation of Okinawa, Gunto

       Apr. 01, 1945-Apr. 26, 1945



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