Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Batallion:

    Supply Battalion

    Division:

    2d Armored Division

    Action Date:

    September 30, 1942

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Staff Sergeant Hubert Jolly Pickle (ASN: AF-14010149), United States Army, was awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters Company, Supply Battalion, 2d Armored Division, east of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Staff Sergeant Pickle drove a flaming gasoline truck out of a field full of several million gallons of gasoline in containers.