Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Petty Officer

    Action Date:

    June 9, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Chief Petty Officer Arnold E. Phipps, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in rescuing a soldier who had fallen overboard from his ship near Los Negros Island, on 9 June 1944.