Chapin C. Barr

The Navy Cross is presented to Chapin C. Barr, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism as a Pilot in the First Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), at the front in France. On September 26, 1918, while on an air raid over enemy territory, Lieutenant Barr was attacked by a superior number of enemy scouts. In the fight which ensued he behaved with conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, and despite having been mortally wounded, he drove off the enemy and brought his plane safely back to the aerodrome.