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Peacetime and interim
Isidor Nordstrom
Chief Boatswain · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
13 April 1906 · USS Kearsage
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- USS Kearsage
The citation
Official citation
For gallant conduct upon the occasion of the disastrous fire of accidentally ignited powder charges, which occurred in the forward turret of the U.S.S. Kearsage during target practice on 13 April 1906. Chief Boatswain Nordstrom, then chief boatswain's mate, was among the first to enter the turret in order to assist in bringing out the injured.