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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Petty Officer

    Division:

    U.S.S. Terror (CM-5)

    Action Date:

    May 1, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 377 (July 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Petty Officer James W. Judkins, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in rescuing a seriously wounded shipmate trapped in wreckage of the U.S.S. TERROR (CM-5), off Okinawa, on 1 May 1945.