Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Dickson Harlan R 440211 p1
Two Die in Crash of Local Bomber  Harlan Rocky Dickson; Surviving the Battles of Midway ind Coral Sea with citation
for heroism, only to die in a routine training flight was the fate of Lt. Com. Harlan Rocky Dickson. 29, skipper of a
squadron at the Crows Landing Auxiliary Air Station Saturday. With him died Edward Hlywa, 21, aviation radioman 1st
class. The crash occurred near San Luis Obispo, where witnesses saw the dive bomber he was piloting go into a dive from
which it never recovered. Dickson was awarded two Navy Crosses. One was for blasting two carriers in the Battle of the
Coral Sea; the other for locating the enemy carrier which sent planes to mortally wound the Yorktown in the Battle of
Midway and for directing planes to the enemy ship, which was sunk in turn. He also assisted in sinking three other Jap
vessels at Midway. In other actions, he participated in the first raids on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands and on
Guadalcanal and Tulagi.