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Peacetime and interim
W. H. Belpitt
Captain of the Afterguard · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
7 October 1884 · USS Monocacy
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Action
- USS Monocacy
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Monocacy, Foochow, China, 7 October 1884. Jumping overboard from that vessel on the morning of this date, Belpitt sustained, until picked up, a Chinaman who had been thrown into the water by the capsizing of a canoe.