Robert Frank Durand, On April 7, 1945 while serving on board the U.S.S. WESSON in action against Japanese forces north of Ie Shima, he received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as a Medical Corpsman. Suffering a severe leg wound as the result of a crash of a hostile suicide plane, he applied a tourniquet to his injured leg and, despite great pain, courageously dragged himself about the vessel to care for his wounded shipmates.

Mr. Durand resided in Michigan.