The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Private Charles E. Turner (MCSN: 204286), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism, coolness and excellent judgment in the performance of duty as a member of the advanced guard of a small Marine expedition in an engagement near Quilali, Nicaragua, on 30 December 1927. Although seriously wounded in the early stages of the fighting, Private Turner soon regained consciousness, crawled to a point of vantage, and continued to fire until he fainted from pain and lost of blood.