Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant [then Ensign]

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    February 28, 1942 – August 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 352 (July 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant [then Ensign] Herbert Alfred Levitt (NSN: 0-96613), 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 while interned as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese at Batavia, Java, following the sinking of the U.S.S. HOUSTON in the Java Sea on 28 February 1942.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    February 28, 1942 – August 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Ensign Herbert Alfred Levitt (NSN: 0-96613), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the sinking of his ship the U.S.S. HOUSTON (CA-3), on 28 February 1942, and was interned as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control in 1945.