Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Division:

    POW (Japan)

    Action Date:

    February 25, 1945 – September 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Second Lieutenant Donald A. Carlson (MCSN: 0-29427), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after his F4U Corsair aircraft was shot down in the Pacific Theater of Operations, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.