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Peacetime and interim

Alexander Bradley

Landsman · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

7 August 1872 · USS Wachusett

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Peacetime and other actions
Home state
Massachusetts
Action
USS Wachusett

The citation

Official citation

On board the U.S.S. Wachusett off Cowes, 7 August 1872. Jumping overboard into a strong tideway, Bradley attempted to save Philip Cassidy, landsman, of the U.S.S. Wabash, from drowning.

Sources

Ready I Left My Home — Staff Sgt. Anisha Johnson

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