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9 unusual facts about Navy Cross


Action of 17 November 1917

Lieutenant William O. Henry and Coxswain Daniel Lommis both received a Navy Cross for their actions during their encounter with U-58.

Desegregation in the United States Marine Corps

Lee earned the Navy Cross under fire in Korea in September 1950, serving in the 1st Battalion 7th Marines; at the time this was a primarily Euro-American unit.

Easterwood Airport

He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously "for distinguished and heroic service as an aviator."

Enterprise, Oregon

William B. Ault, US Navy commander during World War II; posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross.

McLennan County, Texas

(One such public lynching is the catalyst behind a "Lynching Resolution" being discussed by both the Waco City Council and the McLennan County Commissioners Court.) McLennan County's contributions to World War II include the reopening of Rich Field, Doris Miller (awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at Pearl Harbor, also the first African American to earn such distinction), and James Connally (a locally famous World War II fighter pilot).

Sangin

His actions on that day earned him a Navy Cross, one of two that 2nd Battalion 7th Marines awarded during their deployment in Afghanistan.

Stolen Valor

The Appendices provide lists of Medal of Honor awardees, Distinguished Service Cross awardees, Navy Cross awardees, Air Force Cross awardees and U.S. military POWs who survived their captivity.

Thomas Jefferson Cowie

Rear Admiral Cowie was awarded the Navy Cross for his valuable services in connection with the Liberty Loans of World War I.

William P. Bolton

William P. Bolton (July 2, 1885 – November 22, 1964) was a one-term U.S. Congressman who represented the second district of Maryland from 1949 to 1951 until defeated by Republican Navy Cross recipient, General James Devereux.


Clifton B. Cates

For his heroism in the Aisne defensive at Boursches and Belleau Wood, he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross and Oak Leaf Cluster, in addition to the Purple Heart.

Darel McKinney

He would be awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Belleau Wood.

Harry Shepard Knapp

"Meritorious service" in this post, laboring to protect Allied shipping from German U-boats and to make the Caribbean Sea secure from enemy aggression, earned Rear Admiral Knapp the Navy Cross.

Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal

The award would be worn after the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross and Air Force Cross and, for members of the Coast Guard, before the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Department-specific DSM decorations.

Jimmie E. Howard

Members of Howard's platoon were honored for their actions in this fight — four Navy Crosses and thirteen Silver Stars.

Malcolm Lewis Pratt

He received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in reestablishing an advanced aid station just demolished by shell-fire in Lucy-le-Bocage 11 June 1918, and in continuing to dress and evacuate the wounded under direct and continuous shell-fire at Thiancourt 13 September.

Maurice E. Curts

He was awarded the Navy Cross for commanding Columbia during the amphibious landings on Leyte and during the Battle for Leyte Gulf from October 17, 1944 to October 29, 1944.

Salisbury, Missouri

Floyd B. Parks -- U.S. Marine aviator who earned the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions leading Marine fighter squadron VMF-221 during the Battle of Midway.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

Today the hall has over 600 honorees among them are Medal of Honor, The Kearny Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross winners.

The Corps Series

In Counterattack, when General Pickering's decorations are mentioned, his highest is the Silver Star, yet in later books it mentions that he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross or the Navy Cross in Belleau Wood in World War I.

VMA-231

During this time Lieutenant Glen Loeffel was awarded the Navy Cross of heroism for his lone attack on the Japanese cruiser Furutaka on October 4, causing substantial damage and rendering it inoperable and easy prey for sinking which eventually occurred on October 11.

William R. Rush

William Rees Rush (1857–1940) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War, the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz, and World War I, and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.


see also

2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion

Luis E. Fonseca, Jr. - recipient of the Navy Cross for action during the Battle of Nasiriyah in 2003.

Albert Harris

Albert T. Harris (1915–1942), lieutenant in the Naval Reserve and Navy Cross recipient

Corl

Harry L. Corl (1914-1942), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient

Crouter

Mark Hanna Crouter (1897-1942), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient

Damon Cummings

Damon M. Cummings (1910-1942), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient

David Roche

David John Roche (1918–1942), United States Navy officer awarded the Navy Cross

Douglas Clark

Douglas Alan Clark (died 2012), American recipient of the Navy Cross

Draper Kauffman

As commander of UDT 5, he participated in the invasion of Saipan, and received a second Navy Cross for leading his team in a daylight reconnaissance of fortified enemy beaches under heavy fire, and on 10 July 1944, leading a night reconnaissance of heavily defended beaches at Tinian island.

Gaynier

Oswald J. Gaynier (1915-1942), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient

Harold J. Ellison

Harold John Ellison (1917–1942), United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient

Infantry Weapons Officer

Ira Davidson, the "Daniel Boone of Iwo Jima", who received a Navy Cross for taking out multiple Japanese pill boxes with uncanny accuracy while under withering fire.

Kleinsmith

Charles Kleinsmith (1904-1942), a United States Navy petty officer and Navy Cross recipient

Maloy

Thomas Joel Maloy, American naval officer, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross

Maurice E. Shearer

In 1918, Major Shearer of the 5th Marine Regiment, led Marines in the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood in France, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, Army Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, and French Legion of Honor.

Meyerkord

Harold Dale Meyerkord (1937-1965), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient

Patrick Ford

Patrick O. Ford (1942–1968), United States Navy sailor and Navy Cross recipient

Raymond Murray

As a Lieutenant Colonel on Saipan during World War II, General Murray was awarded his first Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism under fire, June 15, 1944, while commanding the 2nd Battalion 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division.

Steinaker

Donald B. Steinaker (1922-1942), a United States Marine Corps private first class and Navy Cross recipient

Vogelgesang

Rear Admiral Carl Theodore Vogelgesang (1869-1927), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient

Wantuck

John Joseph Wantuck (1923-1943), United States Marine private and posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross for his actions on New Georgia in July 1943