What a load of personal nonsense, we Americans and American vets will talk about our combat losses and dead heroes, and you sounding like some foreigner attacking the Americans for doing that and labeling them “Arabs”, is really silly.
Our Commanding Officer, Captain William Loren McGonagle, received the Congressional Medal of Honor
Our Executive Officer, Lieutenant Commander Philip McCutcheon Armstrong, received the Navy Cross posthumously
Several men received the Silver Star Medal, some posthumously
Several men received the Bronze Star Medal, some posthumously
205 men received the Purple Heart Medal, 34 posthumously
All crewmen received the Combat Action Ribbon
All crewmen share the Presidential Unit Citation