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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Carpenter’s Mate

    Division:

    U.S.S. Mobile (CL-63)

    Action Date:

    April 18, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 366 (August 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Carpenter’s Mate Joseph M. Grim, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct while serving in the U.S.S. MOBILE (CL-63), when an explosion occurred in one of the ship’s turrets, on the night of 18 April 1945.