Peacetime and interim
George Holt
Quarter Gunner · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
3 July 1871 · USS Plymouth
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Kentucky
- Action
- USS Plymouth
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Plymouth, Hamburg Harbor, 3 July 1871. Jumping overboard at the imminent risk of his life, Holt, with a comrade, rescued from drowning one of a party who was thrown from a shore boat into a 4-knot, running tide while the boat was coming alongside the ship.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.