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<html> <head> <title>Navy Cross</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Navy Cross HONORS Created in 1919. Approximately 6,400 have been awarded. <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/471/000177937/">Pappy Boyington</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1988</tt></td> <td>World War II flying ace</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/419/000114077/">Richard E. Byrd</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1957</tt></td> <td>Arctic and Antarctic explorer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/215/000164720/">Evans F. Carlson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1947</tt></td> <td>Carlson's Raiders</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/304/000036196/">Duke Cunningham</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from California, 1991-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000161401/">Jeremiah Denton</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-2014</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Alabama, 1981-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/836/000209209/">Charles Fahy</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1979</tt></td> <td>Solicitor General, Appellate Judge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000061287/">William F. Halsey</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1959</tt></td> <td>WWII Commander of the South Pacific</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/336/000208709/">John Howard</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1995</tt></td> <td>Bulldog Drummond</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/014/000206393/">Ernest J. King</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1956</tt></td> <td>Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/301/000400098/">Dudley Wright Knox</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1960</tt></td> <td>A History of the United States Navy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/702/000062516/">Pete McCloskey</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from California, 1967-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000205329/">James Roosevelt</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1991</tt></td> <td>Congressman from California, 1955-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000174756/">Raymond A. Spruance</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1969</tt></td> <td>US Navy Admiral during WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/018/000054853/">Adolphus Staton</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1964</tt></td> <td>US Navy admiral</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000054793/">Alexander A. Vandegrift</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1973</tt></td> <td>18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/892/000112556/">James H. Webb</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former US Senator from Virginia</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=54866" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/558/000001555/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/558/1555/s1555.jpg" width=128> Texas Pacific Group</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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