Rear Admiral J. Robert Lunney,
received the
Marconi Memorial Historic Preservation Award
Plaque inscribed:
Veteran Wireless Operators
Association
Honors
Rear Admiral J. Robert Lunney
NY Naval Militia (Ret.)
For his persevering efforts in keeping before the public the story of
the
SS Meredith Victory,
a Gallant Ship, which performed the greatest rescue operation by a
single ship in evacuating14,000 refugees from Hungnam, North Korea
in December 1950 as one of the last ships to leave the shell-torn harbor
of Hungnam.
Presented June 7, 2009