Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class

    Action Date:

    June 10, 1947

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 385 (March 1949)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Joe Edmond Lumsden, United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic conduct during a fire which occurred at Hangar No. 1, John Rodgers Airport, Naval Air Facility, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on 10 June 1947. Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Lumsden helped move gasoline and oil drums and an R5D from the area of the flames.