There are four Medals awarded on this day. Three are non-combat naval life-saving Medals, a specific allowance Congress enacted in the original legislation, recognizing the dangers inherent in day-to-day life in the sea service. Today, that aspect is covered by the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for the sea services, the Airman's Medal for the Air Force, and the Soldier's Medal for the Army, each being the highest non-combat award for heroism involving risking your life.
The fourth Medal is a hard-won posthumous award during the waning days of the Battle of the Bulge.
Interim Awards, 1871-1898
Interim Awards, 1901-1911
World War II, the Germans are getting pushed back out of Belgium, but aren't going home easily.
*Asterisk indicates posthumous award.
The fourth Medal is a hard-won posthumous award during the waning days of the Battle of the Bulge.
Interim Awards, 1871-1898
MANNING, HENRY J.
Rank and organization: Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1859, New Haven, Conn. Accredited to: Connecticut. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Citation: Serving on board the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire, off Newport, R.I., 4 January 1882. Jumping p-+*overboard, Manning endeavored to rescue Jabez Smith, second class musician, from drowning.
McCARTON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Ship's Printer, U.S. Navy. Born: 1847, Brooklyn, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Citation: For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire off Coasters Harbor Island, near Newport, R.l., 4 January 1882, and endeavoring to rescue Jabez Smith, second class musician, from drowning.
Interim Awards, 1901-1911
SNYDER, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Chief Electrician, U.S. Navy. Born: 24 February 1883, South Bethlehem, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 58, 2 March 1910. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Birmingham, for extraordinary heroism, rescuing G.H. Kephart seaman, from drowning at Hampton Roads, Va., 4 January 1910
World War II, the Germans are getting pushed back out of Belgium, but aren't going home easily.
*JACHMAN, ISADORE S.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Place and date: Flamierge, Belgium, 4 January 1945. Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Berlin, Germany. G.O. No.: 25, 9 June 1950. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at Flamierge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, when his company was pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, 2 hostile tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy. casualties. S/Sgt. Jachman, seeing the desperate plight of his comrades, left his place of cover and with total disregard for his own safety dashed across open ground through a hail of fire and seizing a bazooka from a fallen comrade advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing the weapon alone, he damaged one and forced both to retire. S/Sgt. Jachman's heroic action, in which he suffered fatal wounds, disrupted the entire enemy attack, reflecting the highest credit upon himself and the parachute infantry.
*Asterisk indicates posthumous award.
