Morton L. Bennett

Hospitalman Apprentice First Class: For gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Corpsman with the 6th Marines, 2d Division, A.E.F., on September 15, 1918 at Thiaucourt, France.

The Navy Cross is awarded to Hospital Apprentice First Class Morton L. Bennett, U.S. Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and heroic conduct displayed while attached to the Third Battalion, Sixth Marines, A.E.F. In action against the enemy near Thiaucourt, France, on September 15, 1918, Hospital Apprentice First Class Bennett left his regular station under intense shell fire, not caring for his own safety, to attend his severely wounded comrades, thereby saving many of their lives.