Louis W. Freedman

The Navy Cross is awarded to Ensign Louis W. Freedman, U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces), for distinguished and gallant conduct as radio operator of the Steamship Lewis Luckenbach on the occasion of an encounter with an enemy submarine on October 11, 1917. The radio antennae having been carried away by bursting shrapnel from the enemy, Freedman repaired this under fire and continued to maintain communication with the U.S.S. Nicholson until that vessel arrived and compelled the submarine to submerge.