Peacetime and interim
Mons Monssen
Chief Gunner's Mate · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
13 April 1904 · USS Missouri
Public domain. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Action
- USS Missouri
The citation
Official citation
Serving on board the U.S.S. Missouri, for extraordinary heroism in entering a burning magazine through the scuttle and endeavoring to extinguish the fire by throwing water with his hands until a hose was passed to him, 13 April 1904.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
