LEUT E. M. Howitt, RANVR, was awarded the US Legion of Merit for services in the Philippines, while on loan and serving with US patrol boats. With his knowledge of the local coastline, they sank 20 Japanese supply and troop barges, two auxiliary ketches and a torpedo boat.
Australian Naval History on 21 June 1945
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