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Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Boatswain’s Mate First Class

    Action Date:

    December 22 – 23, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Boatswain’s Mate First Class John R. Robinson, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism in connection with the removal of about 300 troops from the S.S. CAMPBELL, aground on a reef off Cape Nelson, New Guinea, on the night of 22 to 23 December 1944.