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The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Clark Howell Woodward, United States Navy, for distinguished services in the line of his profession as Executive Officer of the U.S.S. NEW YORK of the Sixth Division, Battleship Fleet operating in the War Zone during World War I.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Rear Admiral

    Action Date:

    June 13, 1942 – October 20, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Clark Howell Woodward, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of the Industrial Incentive Service for the Office of Under Secretary and for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, from 13 June 1942 to 20 October 1945.