Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Seaman

    Division:

    U.S.S. Kearsarge

    Action Date:

    April 13, 1906

    War Department, General Orders No. 21 (May 5, 1906)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman George Breeman, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession while serving on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge at the time of the accidental ignition of powder charges in the forward 13-inch turret, 13 April 1906.