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Spanish–American War
Philip B. Keefer
Coppersmith · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
20 July 1898 · USS Iowa
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Expeditions, 1871–1933
- Home state
- District of Columbia
- Action
- USS Iowa
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Iowa off Santiago de Cuba, 20 July 1898. Following the blow-out of a manhole gasket of that vessel which caused the fireroom to be filled with live steam and the floor plates to be covered with boiling water, Keefer showed courageous and zealous conduct in hauling fires from 2 furnaces of boiler B.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
