Robert E. Dixon
Robert E. Dixon (1906 – October 21, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral and aviator, whose radio message "Scratch one flat top" during the Battle of the Coral Sea became quickly famous,[1] as his unit of dive bombers contributed to the first sinking of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the Pacific theater of the Second World War.
References
- ^ "Adm. Robert E. Dixon, Hero of a Naval Battle". The New York Times. 24 October 1981.
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