Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Pharmacist’s Mate First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Bataan (CVL-29)

    Action Date:

    December 11, 1944

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

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Pharmacist’s Mate First Class Myron L. Steele, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in rescuing the pilot of a burning aircraft, which had crashed on the fantail of the U.S.S. BATAAN (CVL-29), at Pearl Harbor, on 11 December 1944.