In 1940 he married Hope Gilmour Blandy. On the USS Boise he was awarded the Navy Cross in the Pacific during WWII. Upon retirement, in addition to his Navy Cross, he earned three Distinguished Service Medals, the Legion of Merit, three Bronze Stars with the Combat "V," and the Commendation Medal with the Combat "V."
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Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant John Marshall Lee (NSN: 0-75114), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as a Navigation Officer and Officer-of-the-Deck aboard the Light Cruiser U.S.S. BOISE (CL-47), during action against enemy Japanese forces off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although dangerously exposed to enemy fire and hampered by the difficulty of maintaining contact with the flagship on a dark night, Lieutenant Lee, from his station on the open battle conning platform, kept his ship in position astern the U.S.S. SAN FRANCISCO for the duration of the action. Driven out of formation at times by threatening torpedoes and once forced from his own station by flames and fragments from an 8-inch shell burst, he carried on with courageous determination and complete disregard for his own personal safety. His conscientious devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant John Marshall Lee (NSN: 0-75114), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as a Navigation Officer and Officer-of-the-Deck aboard the Light Cruiser U.S.S. BOISE (CL-47), during action against enemy Japanese forces off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although dangerously exposed to enemy fire and hampered by the difficulty of maintaining contact with the flagship on a dark night, Lieutenant Lee, from his station on the open battle conning platform, kept his ship in position astern the U.S.S. SAN FRANCISCO for the duration of the action. Driven out of formation at times by threatening torpedoes and once forced from his own station by flames and fragments from an 8-inch shell burst, he carried on with courageous determination and complete disregard for his own personal safety. His conscientious devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
In 1940 he married Hope Gilmour Blandy. On the USS Boise he was awarded the Navy Cross in the Pacific during WWII. Upon retirement, in addition to his Navy Cross, he earned three Distinguished Service Medals, the Legion of Merit, three Bronze Stars with the Combat "V," and the Commendation Medal with the Combat "V."
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Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant John Marshall Lee (NSN: 0-75114), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as a Navigation Officer and Officer-of-the-Deck aboard the Light Cruiser U.S.S. BOISE (CL-47), during action against enemy Japanese forces off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although dangerously exposed to enemy fire and hampered by the difficulty of maintaining contact with the flagship on a dark night, Lieutenant Lee, from his station on the open battle conning platform, kept his ship in position astern the U.S.S. SAN FRANCISCO for the duration of the action. Driven out of formation at times by threatening torpedoes and once forced from his own station by flames and fragments from an 8-inch shell burst, he carried on with courageous determination and complete disregard for his own personal safety. His conscientious devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant John Marshall Lee (NSN: 0-75114), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as a Navigation Officer and Officer-of-the-Deck aboard the Light Cruiser U.S.S. BOISE (CL-47), during action against enemy Japanese forces off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on the night of 11 - 12 October 1942. Although dangerously exposed to enemy fire and hampered by the difficulty of maintaining contact with the flagship on a dark night, Lieutenant Lee, from his station on the open battle conning platform, kept his ship in position astern the U.S.S. SAN FRANCISCO for the duration of the action. Driven out of formation at times by threatening torpedoes and once forced from his own station by flames and fragments from an 8-inch shell burst, he carried on with courageous determination and complete disregard for his own personal safety. His conscientious devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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VADM US NAVY; WORLD WAR II; KOREA; VIETNAM
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