Actor Ward Bond portrayed Diamond in an episode of the television series Cavalcade of America entitled The Marine Who Lived 200 years. It aired on June 1, 1955; a copy has been located at the Marine Corps Museum. The Filipino-American actor Lou Diamond Phillips was named after him by his father, a Marine Corps C-130 Crew Chief. [citation needed] Although Diamond is sometimes referred to as highly decorated, his only personal decoration was the Secretary of the Navy Commendation Ribbon, which later became the Navy Commendation Medal.