Marine awarded medal for saving local okinawans from rip tide
- 6 years ago
Credit: Lance Cpl. Jared Siniscalchi | Date Taken: 01/08/2018
1st Lt. Aaron Cranford receives the Navy and Marine Corps medal during an award ceremony on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 8, 2018. Cranford was recognized for saving three divers and a local Okinawan from drowning on April 2017 in Okinawa, Japan. The Navy and Marine Corps medal is the highest non-combat award for acts of heroism. Cranford, a Fort Worth, Texas native, is a supply officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jared Siniscalchi)
1st Lt. Aaron Cranford receives the Navy and Marine Corps medal during an award ceremony on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 8, 2018. Cranford was recognized for saving three divers and a local Okinawan from drowning on April 2017 in Okinawa, Japan. The Navy and Marine Corps medal is the highest non-combat award for acts of heroism. Cranford, a Fort Worth, Texas native, is a supply officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jared Siniscalchi)