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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Torpedoman’s Mate First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Charr (SS-328)

    Action Date:

    December 27, 1944 – March 3, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 372 (February 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Torpedoman’s Mate First Class Robert L. Chester, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in the rescue of a downed pilot stranded in enemy-held territory, while serving on the U.S.S. CHARR (SS-328), during the FIRST War Patrol of that Submarine in enemy-controlled waters, from 27 December 1944 to 3 March 1945.