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BYMilitary.com

Jan 15, 2021


WWII Chaplain who comforted sailors in shark-infested waters awarded posthumous Navy Cross

A Navy chaplain who comforted sailors whose ship was torpedoed in 1945, leaving them stranded in shark-infested waters, has been posthumously awarded his service’s second-highest award for heroism. Lt. Thomas M. Conway,…

WWII Chaplain who comforted sailors in shark-infested waters awarded posthumous Navy Cross

BYMilitary.com

Jan 15, 2021

BYCoffee Or Die

Nov 13, 2020


Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee: The US Navy’s First Living Female Navy Cross Recipient

The average US citizen may hear the names of US Navy aircraft carriers, battleships, and destroyers, and not realize the significance behind those namesakes. For the US Navy sailors who…

Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee: The US Navy’s First Living Female Navy Cross Recipient

BYCoffee Or Die

Nov 13, 2020

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