USS Swenning (DD 394).
Three destroyer escorts—
Bronstein,
England and
Frost—were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for individual anti-submarine action in World War II.
Samuel B. Roberts,
Raymond,
Dennis and
John C. Butler also received the Presidential Unit Citation as part of
Taffy 3 in the Battle off Samar, 1944;
Haverfield,
Swenning,
Willis,
Janssen,
Wilhoite and
Francis M. Robinson received one or more Presidential Unit Citations as part of hunter-killer task groups with escort carrier
Bogue (CVE 9) in the Atlantic; and
Pillsbury,
Pope,
Chatelain and
Jenks received the Presidential Unit Citation as part of hunter-killer task groups with escort carrier
Guadalcanal (CVE 60).
