Albert Edmondson Jarrell

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Albert Edmondson Jarrell, Captain, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commander of a Destroyer Squadron, in action from March through May 1945, off Okinawa, in the Ryukyu Islands. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States.