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Veracruz occupation

Charles Francis Bishop

Quartermaster Second Class · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

21 April 1914 · USS Florida

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Expeditions, 1871–1933
Home state
Pennsylvania
Action
USS Florida

The citation

Official citation

On board the U.S.S. Florida for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 April 1914.

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