Charles S. Freeman

The Navy Cross is awarded to Captain Charles S. Freeman, U.S. Navy, for distinguished service in the line of as profession as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Manchuria, the U.S.S. Orizaba and the U.S.S. Mauit engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and. supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.