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Navy Issues Posthumous Navy Cross to USS Indianapolis Chaplain

January 9, 2021 6:26 PM

USS Indianapolis in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1937. US Navy Photo

The Navy on Friday issued a posthumous Navy Cross to Lt. Thomas Conway, a chaplain who died after the sinking of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35). Read More →

50 Years Later Marine Vietnam Vet Receives Navy Cross for Combat Leadership

By: Gidget Fuentes

November 19, 2018 6:48 PM

Then-Sgt. John J. Lord (center) with Gary Williams and Hank Fletcher pause during a street fighting in Danang during the second Tet offensive.

When a North Vietnamese Army battalion’s ambushed his infantry company, seriously wounding three leaders, Sgt. John J. Lord stepped up to lead his fellow Marines through the intense, July 28, 1968, fire fight. Read More →

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Navy Issues Posthumous Navy Cross to USS Indianapolis Chaplain

50 Years Later Marine Vietnam Vet Receives Navy Cross for Combat Leadership

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