USS Dale’s 12 World War II Battle Stars
World War II battle stars were given for actual operations in a specific area and time that involved clashes with the enemy of sufficient intensity and significance to justify recognition. The USS Dale won twelve of the twenty-two battle stars awarded in the Pacific Theatre.
| 1. | Pearl Harbor | December 1941 |
| 2. | South Pacific Carrier Raids | |
| Bouganville | February 1942 | |
| Lae – Salamaua | March 1942 | |
| 3. | Occupation of the Aleutian Islands | |
| Komandorski Islands | March 1943 | |
| Attu Island | May to June 1943 | |
| 4. | Occupation of the Gilbert Islands | November to December 1943 |
| 5. | Occupation of the Marshall Islands | |
| Kwajalein | January to February 1944 | |
| Eniwetok | February 1944 | |
| 6. | Central Pacific Carrier Raids | |
| Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai | March to April 1944 | |
| Truk, Satawan, Ponape | April to May 1944 | |
| 7. | Occupation of Hollandia | April 1944 |
| 8. | Occupation of the Marianas | |
| Saipan | June 1944 | |
| Philippine Sea | June 1944 | |
| Guam | July 1944 | |
| 9. | Occupation of the Philippines | |
| Formosa | January 1945 | |
| China | January 1945 | |
| 10. | Occupation of Iwo Jima | February to March 1945 |
| 11. | Occupation of Okinawa | |
| Carrier raids | March to June 1945 | |
| Okinawa | March to June 1945 | |
| 12. | Occupation of Balikpapan | July 1945 |