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Peacetime and interim
James Smith
Seaman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
12 April 1872 · Greytown, Nicaragua
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Greytown, Nicaragua
The citation
Official citation
Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas, Smith displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by extraordinary heroism and personal exertion, prevented greater loss of life.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
