Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-07 | Page 3 | Distinguished Service during Hawaii Raid Wins Honor

Distinguished Service During Hawaii Raid Wins Honor 4 t k a n 9 a r r. r s f f s 4 6 1 4 Y l h V VY VS S r ti 44 t Y k i ifil li fl 8 d' d h C ti Associated Pre Press BRA BRAVERY RY UNDER FIRE BRINGS PRESENTATION OF NAVY CROSS Lieutenant Commander Cecil D. D Riggs Rigg Helper U Utah tab tah ri right ht hears fellow officer read citation at Alameda Ca Cal I. I ceremonies Utah Officer Wins Naval Award I For Courage at Pearl Harbor ALAMEDA Cal May 7 UP Lieutenant UP-Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Cecil D D. D Riggs 36 U S N medical corps of Helper Utah Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- was presented the Navy cross for distinguished service extraordinary courage and disregard for his own safety safely at Pearl I Harbor December 7 7 The presentation was made by Rear Admiral Edgar L. L Woods navy medical corps at the Alameda Alameda Alameda Ala Ala- meda naval air station The citation said Riggs despite heavy Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval air station reorganized the medical facilities of the base to care for the many wounded men arriving at the station station station sta sta- tion from damaged ships Riggs entered the navy in 1930 after graduation from the University University University sity of Louisville medical school His wife is the former Dorothy Marsh of Pasadena Commander Riggs was born in Santa Rosa N. N M. M and moved to Helper with his family when a youth He attended Wasatch academy in Mount Pleasant and the University of Utah