World War II
Gave his life
Robert R. Scott
Machinist's Mate First Class · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
7 December 1941 · USS California
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- World War II
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- USS California
The citation
Official citation
For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. The compartment, in the U.S.S. California, in which the air compressor, to which Scott was assigned as his battle station, was flooded as the result of a torpedo hit. The remainder of the personnel evacuated that compartment but Scott refused to leave, saying words to the effect "This is my station and I will stay and give them air as long as the guns are going."
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
