Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Fireman Apprentice

    Division:

    U.S.S. Alamo (LSD-33)

    Action Date:

    January 21, 1967

    All Hands (February 1968)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Fireman Apprentice Stanley W. Garner, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism on 21 January 1967, on board U.S.S. ALAMO (LSD-33), after observing a shipmate receive an electric shock from a portable drill. Fireman Apprentice Garner pulled the electrical wires from their connection and administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the arrival of medical personnel, helping to save his shipmate’s life.