navy cross in English
noun
1
a decoration bestowed by the US Navy upon individuals who have shown exceptional heroism, especially in enemy combat.
Yesterday Navy Secretary, Gordon England, presented the Navy Cross to the 22-year-old.
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1. The Navy Cross was established by Act of Congress (Public Law 65-253) and approved on February 4, 1919.
2. PULLER, USMC (DECEASED) Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Burwell Puller, colorful veteran of the Korean fighting, four World War II campaigns and expeditionary service in China, Nicaragua and Haiti, was one of the most decorated Marines in the Corps, and the only Leatherneck ever to win the Navy Cross five times …