Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Coxswain

    Action Date:

    1944

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 336 (March 1945) & 337 (April 1945)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to Coxswain Charles J. Christel, United States Navy, for heroic conduct while a member of a small boat crew during the invasion of Italy in 1944. Coxswain Christel tirelessly assisted in laying smoke around a burning and exploding cargo ship. He assisted in the rescue of five survivors from the water, exposing himself to gasoline fires to reach one of the men who was severely wounded.