He received two Navy Crosses (the highest military honor solely awarded by the U.S. Navy) and 14 Purple Hearts. After World War I, Lang was involved in Japanese-U.S. operations against warlord forces in China. In World War II, he was in the heat of action in the Pacific. Because of his courage and actions in the incident, the U.S. Navy also awarded Lang his first Navy Cross. At the start of World War II, Lang was again able to resume combat duty and was assigned to the battleship USS Massachusetts, in preparation for the invasion of French North Africa (Algeria and Morocco).

Source: The North Africa Journal October 19, 2019 11:03 UTC