World War II
Gave his life
Thomas James Reeves
Radio Electrician (Warrant Officer) U.S. Navy. · U.S. Navy
7 December 1941 · USS California
Public domain. Naval Historical Center Online Library, Photo #: NH 101649 Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- World War II
- Home state
- Connecticut
- Action
- USS California
The citation
Official citation
For distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. After the mechanized ammunition hoists were put out of action in the U.S.S. California, Reeves, on his own initiative, in a burning passageway, assisted in the maintenance of an ammunition supply by hand to the antiaircraft guns until he was overcome by smoke and fire, which resulted in his death.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
