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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Boatswain’s Mate First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Hornet

    Action Date:

    October 26, 1942
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 339 (June 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Boatswain’s Mate First Class Gibson Griffith, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct aboard the U.S.S. HORNET in the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942.