Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

MacBRIEN, Joseph James

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (United States of America)

MacBRIEN, Joseph James, Lt (P), RCN, Task Force 77 / 781 Sqd.

Issued: 12-Jun-1954, Canada Gazette

"For extraordinary achievement while flying a jet fighter (Panther) on a combat mission over communist- held North Korea on 1 February 1953. Lieutenant MacBrien led a flight of jet aircraft against an enemy supply area near the town of Pukchong on the vital east coast supply route."