A December 15, 1944 Associated Press news story reported that Morris was " credited with 57 aerial sorties, shooting down seven Jap Zeros, sinking an escort vessel and a flak gunboat and helping sink a submarine and damage a heavy cruiser and a mine layer . " He was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals.
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A dozen specialized vessels known as " Indicator Loop Mine Layers " including three " Linnet "-class minelayers and nine smaller vessels much like the U . S . mine planters, were built for the Royal Navy immediately before and during WWII . Similarly in Japan four Hashima-class cable layers were built between 1939 and 1941 for mine planting duties.
