https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/805bf49b-e54d-4cd1-932b-d6f0803188c9 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This brief newsreel shows the presentation of the Navy Cross to the "hero of the USS Panay", Lt. Arthur Anders, in San Pedro, California. The USS Panay incident on December 12, 1937, was a Japanese bombing attack on the American river gunboat Panay and three Standard Oil Company tankers on the Yangtze River. They strafed survivors in the water. Although wounded in the throat, Anders heroically assisted his crew and passengers, and wrote orders in his own blood to abandon ship. Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander [then Lieutenant] Arthur F. Anders, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving as Executive Officer of the U.S.S. PANAY (PR-5) on the occasion of the bombing and loss of that vessel when it was attacked was attacked by Japanese airplanes during patrol in the Yangtze River, China, on 12 December 1937. Although severely wounded, suffering from loss of blood and unable to speak, Commander Anders remained at his duty station, directing the fire of PANAY's machine-gun battery and supervising abandon-ship operations. Displaying selfless concern for the safety of the ship and those on board, he gave his orders and commands in writing, and was a source of inspiration for all who observed him. His great personal valor throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7bNBWmnDNw Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:14:25 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/805bf49b-e54d-4cd1-932b-d6f0803188c9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.