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Peacetime and interim

Joseph Quick

Coxwain · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

27 April 1902 · Yokohama, Japan

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Peacetime and other actions
Home state
New York
Action
Yokohama, Japan

The citation

Official citation

For heroism in rescuing Walenty Wisnieroski, Machinist Second Class, from drowning at Yokohama, Japan, 27 April 1902, while serving on board the U.S.S. Yorktown.

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