Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Drummer

    Regiment:

    4th Provisional Regiment

    Division:

    Marine Expeditionary Force (Dominican Republic)

    Action Date:

    December 1, 1916

    Awarded Under Special Legislation, USMC Authority: 102418 (7 July 1936)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Drummer August A. Schovan AKA: J. Harold Arnold (MCSN: 102418), United States Marine Corps, for exceptionally heroism in the Dominican Republic on 1 December 1916. J. Harold Arnold, while serving under the name of Arnold A. Schovan, Drummer of the Thirty-First Company, Fourth Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps, in action involving actual conflict with the enemy, distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.