Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Fireman First Class

    Division:

    U.S.S. Iowa

    Action Date:

    January 25, 1905

    War Department, General Orders No. 182 (March 20, 1905)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Fireman First Class Demetri Corahorgi, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession at the time of the blowing out of the manhole plate of Boiler D on board the U.S.S. Iowa, 25 January 1905.