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Veracruz occupation

Joseph Gabriel Harner

Boatswain's Mate Second Class · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

21 April 1914 · USS Florida

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Expeditions, 1871–1933
Home state
Ohio
Action
USS Florida

The citation

Official citation

On board the U.S.S. Florida, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 April 1914.

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