Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    U.S.S. Oriskany (CVA-34)

    Action Date:

    September 16, 1966

    All Hands (November 1967)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Josslyn F. Blakely, Jr. (NSN: 0-648209), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroism and meritorious achievement in aerial flight as pilot of a helicopter embarked in U.S.S. ORISKANY (CVA-34), during rescue operations to save personnel aboard a grounded British ore carrier on 16 September 1966.