Robert G. Bradley

Robert Graham Bradley (26 September 192124 October 1944) was a United States Navy Lieutenant during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on . He was the namesake of .
Biography
Robert Graham Bradley was born in Washington, D.C., on 26 September 1921. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 9 June 1939, and graduated on 19 June 1942. He completed instruction at the Atlantic Subordinate Command, Service Force, Norfolk, Va. (3 July - 27 October 1942), and on 29 October reported to New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, for the fitting out of small aircraft carrier . He served as a member of the ship's company when was commissioned on 25 February 1943, and while on board received promotions to lieutenant, junior grade and lieutenant (1 May 1943 and 1 July 1944, respectively), as she took part in operations ranging from the occupation of Baker Island (September 1943) to the Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 1944).
While steamed with Task Group 38.3 (part of Task Force 38) in Leyte Gulf off the east coast of Luzon, Philippines (24 October 1944), a Japanese plane, tentatively identified as a Yokosuka D4Y1 Type 2 , attacked the ship. Its bomb penetrated the flight, hangar, and main decks and exploded, igniting an inferno that swept across the hangar deck. Explosions rocked the carrier, but Bradley, the ship's assistant first lieutenant, led a repair party and battled the blaze on the second and third decks. Light cruisers and , and destroyers , , and , also fought the fire.
Navy Cross citation
The Commander In Chief Pacific Fleet awarded Bradley the Navy Cross for actions while serving aboard 24 October 1944 with the following citation:

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