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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander (MC) Carey M. Smith, United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action on December 8, 1941, aboard the U.S.N.H. CANACAO in the Philippine Islands. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander (MC)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – August 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Commander (MC) Carey M. Smith (NSN: 0-62174), United States Navy, 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.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander (MC)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

    January 30 – February 26, 1945
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 353 (August 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Commander (MC) Carey M. Smith (NSN: 0-62174), 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 a Prisoner of War at Moji, Japan, and a hospital patient who had survived a ship sinking and subsequent sinking of a prison ship. He cared for his fellow prisoners 30 January to 26 February 1945.