Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Boatswain’s Mate Second Class

    Action Date:

    September 14, 1935

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Joseph Bowers, United States Naval Reserve, for heroism in rescuing Stanley Cole, a civilian, from drowning in Saginaw Bay on 14 September 1935. (Awarded in lieu of Letter of Commendation by the Secretary of the Navy dated 30 January 1936.)