Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Coxswain

    Action Date:

    March 10, 1945

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 378 (August 1948)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Coxswain Robert Johnson, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct in maintaining his station when a two-ton draft of cargo swung out of control and threatened to crush him, at Pearl Harbor, on 10 March 1945. Coxswain Johnson reversed the winch and lowered the draft to safety.