Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The NC-4 Medal is a military award of the United States Navy which was created by an act of the United States Congress on February 9, 1929. The medal was intended to recognize those members of Naval aviation which had performed the first transatlantic flight. The NC-4 Medal was presented to six United States Navy members, and one Coast Guard officer, for flight duties performed in May 1919 while crossing the Atlantic in airplanes of the NC-4 Flying Boat Squadron. The medal was issued as a one time decoration and was never reactivated or awarded again. Thus, the only Navy recipients of the medal were the following personnel: