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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Machinist’s Mate

    Division:

    U.S.S. Swallow (AM-65)

    Action Date:

    April 22, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 377 (July 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Machinist’s Mate Ernold R. Goodwin, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct as Damage Control and Assistant Engineering Officer aboard the U.S.S. SWALLOW (AM-65), at the time of the sinking of that vessel, off Okinawa, on 22 April 1945.