Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class

    Action Date:

    August 19, 1946

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 367 (September 1947)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Charles M. Hennigan, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in effecting the rescue of three men and for assisting in the rescue of five passengers when a B-25 overshot the runway of the National Airport in Washington, D. C., on 19 August 1946.