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Navy Federal Credit Union
Grover
C.
Richards
Jr.
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major (Cavalry), [then First Lieutenant]

    Regiment:

    21st Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts)

    Action Date:

    January 2 – 4, 1942
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 50 (November 10, 1949)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Major (Cavalry), [then First Lieutenant] Grover C. Richards, Jr. (ASN: 0-44139/0-357933), United States Army, for gallantry in action against the enemy on 2, 3, and 4 January 1942, at Luzon, Philippine Islands. Serving as a battalion instructor of the 21st Infantry, Philippine Army, Major Richards so conducted himself in the direction of a tank attack against the enemy that it was a complete success and warranted the approbation of his commanding general.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Cavalry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Manchuria)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – August 1945

    Captain (Cavalry) Grover C. Richards, Jr. (ASN: 0-44139/0-357933), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.