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Navy Cross - Stanley Wdowiak
Specifications
Navy Cross - Stanley Wdowiak
Category
Military
Classification
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Personal Symbols - Achievement Symbols - Award - Decoration of Honor - Medal
Object Origin
c. 1944
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Navy blue ribbon with a verical white stripe in the middle attached to pin. Hanging from bottom end of ribbon is a cross pendant with an embossed ship in the center. On the reverse side are two (2) crossed anchors and the letters "UNS".
Marks: "UNS"
Measurements: Object:
Height: 0.5 in, Length: 3.125 in, Width: 1.5 in
Weight: 0.055 lbs
Credit
Gift of Margaret Wdowiak, wife of U-505 boarding party member Stanley Wdowiak, 2000.13.3a
Display Status
On Exhibit
Navy Cross - Stanley Wdowiak
About: Navy Cross - Stanley Wdowiak
About: Navy Cross - Stanley Wdowiak
The Navy Cross is the second-highest military decoration in the United States awarded for valor in combat to members of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. This Navy Cross was awarded to Radioman 2nd Class, Stanley Wdowiak of the USS Pillsbury and member of the boarding party after the battle of the U-505 on June 4, 1944. He was the second man down the hatch when the American crew boarded the sub. A resident of Queens, New York until his death in 1988, Wdowiak was honored in 2021 when the plaza at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and 64th Street was renamed after him.
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