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Peacetime and interim
Thomas Smith
Seaman · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
October 1878 · USS Enterprise
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Virginia
- Action
- USS Enterprise
The citation
Official citation
For rescuing from drowning William Kent, coxswain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, off Para, Brazil, I October 1878.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.