The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Arthur M. Palrang (MCSN: 166205), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while in charge of a Marine patrol in contact with a bandit group near Achuapa, Nicaragua, on 31 December 1930. Sergeant Palrang’s patrol of ten men, on telephone line repair work, was attacked by a vastly superior force, and upon the opening of the bandit fire, the members of the patrol took up positions alongside the trail, and under direction of Sergeant Palrang, immediately returned the fire. By his coolness in the face of great odds, he steadied the fire of his patrol, and continued a well-directed and energetic defense for about a half an hour, when one of the bombs, which were being freely used by the bandits, was thrown into the group in his immediate vicinity. Sergeant Palrang shouted a warning, and at the same instant, without thought for his personal safety, picked up the bomb and attempted to hurl it away from the group.