Lambert Bush

The Navy Cross is presented to Lambert Bush, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while a member of a Marine patrol in contact with a bandit group near Achuapa, Nicaragua, on 31 December 1930. The patrol of which he was a member, while on telephone line repair work, was attacked by a vastly superior force of bandits, and upon the opening of the bandit fire, Private Bush armed with a rifle and grenade discharger, took up a position alongside the trail and returned the fire. During the contact the patrol leader, Sergeant Palrang, was seriously wounded. Without regard for his personal safety, Private Bush crawled over to Sergeant Palrang, and in the face of heavy fire, rendered first aid. He returned to his position and continued to assist in the defense until killed. Private Bush’s conduct during this action was of the highest order and beyond the ordinary call of duty.