Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron 14 (VT-14)

    Division:

    U.S.S. Wasp

    Action Date:

    September 21, 1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Rowland G. Freeman, III, United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Torpedo Plane in Torpedo Squadron FOURTEEN (VT-14), embarked in U.S.S. WASP, over the Philippine Islands area on 21 September 1944.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Action Date:

    February 1966 – June 1968

    All Hands (November 1968)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Rowland G. Freeman, III, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from February 1966 to June 1968, as a principal assistant to the Program Director of a major multi-service aircraft development program.