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of the "Great War" were not easy ones for the men and
women in the naval service. The Herculean task of transporting
and escorting the hundreds of thousands of troops of the American
Expeditionary Force to Europe, the growing pains of fielding new
aviation and submarine elements and the savage fighting of our
sailors and Marines on battlefields across France all lay at the
feet of the naval service. Along with this came an increase in
the size of the naval service to its largest at that time, and
the task of working hand-in-hand with Allied counterparts.
|
|
|||||||
| Event |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| World War I |
1,146 |
370 |
12 |
35 |
95 |
-- |
1,658 |
| Haiti |
-- |
10 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
10 |
| Gillespie Expedition |
3 |
-- |
-- |
9 |
-- |
-- |
12 |
| Lake Denmark Explosion |
4 |
16 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
20 |
|
Florence H. Explosion |
62 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
62 |
|
Byrd Expedition |
4 |
4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
8 |
| NC Flights |
14 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
15 |
| Panay Incident |
23 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
2 |
-- |
26 |
| Squalus Rescue |
46 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
46 |
| Other |
33 |
3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
36 |
| 2nd Nicaragua |
13 |
89 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
102 |
| World War II |
2,661 |
946 |
13 |
6 |
17 |
2 |
3,645 |
| Korea |
39 |
206 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
246 |
| Vietnam |
120 |
363 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
485 |
|
USS Liberty Incident |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1 |
|
Pueblo Incident |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1 |
| Grenada |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1 |
| Desert Storm |
-- |
2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 |
|
Just Cause (Panama) |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1 |
| TOTALS |
4,170 |
2,012 |
28 |
50 |
114 |
3 |
6,375 |
Table source: Fischer, Ronald E., "The Navy Cross," Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, Vol. 45, No. 2, March 1994.
Fischer, Ronald E. "The Navy Cross." Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 45, no. 2 (March 1994):
Gleim, Albert F. ed. Navy Cross Awards for the Korean War. Ft. Myer VA: Planchet Press, 1995. [contains lists of names, ranks, dates of actions and dates of awards but does not include the text of actual awards].
____. Navy Cross Awards for WW II. Ft. Myer VA: Planchet Press, 1995. [contains lists of names, ranks, dates of actions and dates of awards but does not include the text of actual awards].
Schwartz, Charles. "The First Navy Cross: Biography of a Hero." Military Images 11, no.4 (Jan.-Feb. 1990): 12-13.
Stevens, Paul Drew ed. The Navy Cross, Vietnam: Citations of Awards of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps 1964-1973. Forrest Ranch CA: Sharp & Dunnigan, 1987. [contains the full text of citations].
Stringer, Harry R. ed. The Navy Book of Distinguished Service: An Official Compendium of the Names and Citations of the Men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Foreign Governments Who Were Decorated By the Navy Department for Extraordinary Gallantry and Conspicuous Service Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in the World War. Washington DC: Fassett Publishing Company, 1921.[For the text of Navy Cross citations see pp.39-182.].
US Navy. Office of Public Information. Navy Cross: Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Navy Awarded the Navy Cross, December 7, 1941 – July 1, 1945. Washington DC: The Office, 1945? [contains a list of names with ranks, birth dates and home towns, but no information on the actual awards]
24 January 2001
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