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Peacetime and interim
Joseph H. Davis
Landsman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
22 January 1886 · Place not recorded
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Joseph H. Davis, 22 January 1886
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S. Receiving Ship Dale off the Wharf at Norfolk, Va., 22 January 1886. Jumping overboard from the ferryboat, Davis rescued from drowning John Norman, ordinary seaman.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.