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Peacetime and interim
Thomas Cramen
Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
7 February 1882 · USS Portsmouth
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- USS Portsmouth
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Portsmouth, Washington Navy Yard, 7 February 1882. Jumping overboard from that vessel, Cramen rescued Charles Taliaferro, jack-of-the-dust, from drowning.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.