US Navy Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Chief machinist's Mate Master Diver, US Navy. At Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on May 23, 1939, the submarine USS Squalus (SS-192), was beginning a test dive when the engine rooms began to flood trapping the ship and crew on the bottom 243 feet deep. For the rescue operations, Chief Badders was placed in charge as senior member of the rescue chamber crew. He made important and difficult dives under the most hazardous conditions retrieving survivors and then dove until it was determined that no more crewmen remained alive on board the ship. For conduct far above and beyond the ordinary call of duty, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in January 1940. He also served in World War I, World War II and is a recipient of the Navy Cross Medal.
US Navy Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Chief machinist's Mate Master Diver, US Navy. At Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on May 23, 1939, the submarine USS Squalus (SS-192), was beginning a test dive when the engine rooms began to flood trapping the ship and crew on the bottom 243 feet deep. For the rescue operations, Chief Badders was placed in charge as senior member of the rescue chamber crew. He made important and difficult dives under the most hazardous conditions retrieving survivors and then dove until it was determined that no more crewmen remained alive on board the ship. For conduct far above and beyond the ordinary call of duty, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in January 1940. He also served in World War I, World War II and is a recipient of the Navy Cross Medal.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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