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The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain William K. MacNulty (MCSN: 0-587), United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commander of a patrol of the 57th Company, Second Battalion, 11th Regiment, operating in the vicinity of Bromoderos, Nicaragua, on 27 February 1928. Captain MacNulty, while on a mission assigned by his Battalion Commander, upon receiving word that a platoon of the 57th Company had been ambushed by a numerically superior force, immediately upon his own initiative proceeded to the scene, made a night march over unknown, most difficult terrain, in a bandit-infested area. Upon arrival at the spot, Captain MacNulty disposed his patrol with such military ability and strategy as to successfully defeat and put to rout the bandit force, thereby saving the lives of the remaining few of the beleaguered patrol, which were at that time greatly outnumbered.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    December 9, 1941 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Lieutenant Colonel William K. MacNulty (MCSN: 0-587), United States Marine Corps, was captured on Guam by the Japanese on 9 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Regiment:

    Sixth Regiment (Marines)

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 30 – November 11, 1918
    Citation Orders, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Second Lieutenant William K. MacNulty (MCSN: 0-587), United States Marine Corps, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Second Lieutenant MacNulty distinguished himself while serving with the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, France, 30 September to 11 November 1918.