Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Gunner’s Mate

    Division:

    U.S.S. Missouri

    Action Date:

    April 13, 1904

    War Department, General Orders No. 160 (May 26, 1904)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Chief Gunner’s Mate Mons Monssen, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession while serving on board the U.S.S. Missouri near Pensacola, Florida, for entering a burning magazine through the scuttle and endeavoring to extinguish the fire by throwing water with his hands until a hose was passed to him, 13 April 1904.