George C. Smith, Jr.

The Navy Cross is presented to George C. Smith, Jr., Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession while commanding a Nicaraguan National Guard Patrol. Corporal George C. Smith, Jr., U.S.M.C., on 13 May 1930, engaged and routed a superior force of about twenty-five armed bandits on Mira Flor Mountains, killing six of them; on 5 July 1930 he ambushed and routed a superior force of about seventy-five armed bandits at El Brasil, killing ten; on 6 August 1930 he engaged and routed a superior force of about forty-five armed bandits at Nance Dulce, killing six. By his intelligent and forceful leadership without loss to his command, Corporal Smith dealt three successive and severe blows against organized banditry in the Republic of Nicaragua.