Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Warrant Officer

    Division:

    U.S.S. Forrestal (CVA-59)

    Action Date:

    July 29, 1967

    All Hands (September 1968)

    The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) to Warrant Officer Donald Neale Hugo (NSN: W-697098), United States Navy, for heroism on 29 July 1967, while serving as Flight Deck Boatswain aboard U.S.S. FORRESTAL (CVA-59). When a fire broke out on the flight deck detonating fuel cells and bombs aboard parked aircraft, Warrant Officer Hugo broke out a fire hose and began pouring water onto the burning aircraft. While directing efforts of his men to control the fire, he was fatally injured when a bomb detonated.