Everett R. Brewer

The Navy Cross is presented to Everett R. Brewer, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism on September 28, 1918, as a Pilot of the First Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN), while on an air raid in company with Squadron 218, Royal Air Force. Lieutenant Brewer was attacked over Cortemarck, Belgium by fifteen enemy scout planes. During the severe fight which followed, his plane was shot down and although both himself and his observer were very seriously wounded, he brought the plane safely back to the aerodrome. Lieutenant Brewer was shot through the hip and his observer shot through the lungs. Considering the distance from Cortemarck to his aerodrome this is a remarkable instance.