Arthur Trumbull Warner

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Arthur Trumbull Warner (0-9395), Captain, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve), for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession as Executive Officer and a Pilot of Marine Fighting Squadron TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN (VMF-215), Marine Air Group FOURTEEN (MAG-14), FIRST Marine Aircraft Wing, in aerial combat against enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands Area, on 14 January 1944. When his formation was attacked by approximately fifty enemy planes during a strike deep in Japanese territory, Captain Warner pressed home a series of devastating attacks on the hostile planes. Shooting down three in flames, he disabled a fourth and cause it to crash into the water and explode. By his airmanship and devotion to duty, he enabled his division to protect our bombers from the intercepting enemy planes and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

Commander, South Pacific: Serial 001250 (June 19, 1947)