William V. Walsh

Navy Cross

World War I

U.S. Coast Guard

The Navy Cross is presented to William V. Walsh, Seaman, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism on the occasion of the explosion of the T. A. Gillespie plant on Oct. 4 and 5, 1918, in moving a train of nine cars loaded with T.N.T. from the danger zone when it was known at what moment further explosions might be expected.