Edwin Joseph Hill

Chief Boatswain · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

7 December 1941 · USS Nevada

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Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: World War II
Home state: Pennsylvania
Action: USS Nevada

The citation

Official citation

For distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage, and disregard of his own safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. During the height of the strafing and bombing, Chief Boatswain Hill led his men of the linehandling details of the U.S.S. Nevada to the quays, cast off the lines and swam back to his ship. Later, while on the forecastle, attempting to let go the anchors, he was blown overboard and killed by the explosion of several bombs.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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