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Archibald Turnbull graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1907. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Kanawha II

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Archibald Douglas Turnbull, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. KANAWHA II, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.