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Peacetime and interim
Eugene P. Smith
Chief Watertender · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
9 September 1915 · USS Decatur
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- California
- Action
- USS Decatur
The citation
Official citation
Attached to U.S.S. Decatur; for several times entering compartments on board of Decatur immediately following an explosion on board that vessel, 9 September 1915, and locating and rescuing injured shipmates.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.