Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Carpenter

    Action Date:

    World War II

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 325 (April 1944)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Carpenter Jack F. Martin, United States Navy, for heroic conduct as a diver during salvage work at Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. Carpenter Martin made dives totaling more than 100 hours under water despite extremely hazardous conditions inside wrecked hulls. He contributed largely to the success of the salvage work.

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Shipfitter

    Action Date:

    World War II

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 321 (December 1943)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Chief Shipfitter Jack F. Martin, United States Navy, for heroic conduct and endurance during the re-floating of a U.S. Warship. Chief Shipfitter Jack F. Martin and Machinist First Class Kenneth F. Tinsley, despite gales, sub-freezing temperatures, snow and the threat of air attack, made repeated underwater dives, when other divers were unable to stand the extreme cold. In one day the two men remained submerged for periods totaling nine hours in a water temperature of thirty-six degrees.