The Navy Book of Distinguished Service: An Official Compendium of the Names and Citations of the Men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Foreign Governments who Were Decorated by the Navy Department for Extraordinary Gallantry and Conspicuous Service Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in the World WarHarry Roy Stringer Fassett Publishing Company, 1921 - 249 sidor |
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Sida 13 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Sida 17 - Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy at Culis, Bataan Province, PI, January 16, 1942.
Sida 89 - For distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the USSC # 143, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters of the war zone and operating against enemy submarines.
Sida 29 - 'for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as commander, Division Two, Battleship Force One, Atlantic Fleet" (The Navy Book of Distinguished Service, 1921, p.
Sida 139 - C-354, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters of the war zone and operating against the enemy submarines.
Sida 9 - That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to present, in the name of Congress, a medal of honor to any person who, while in the naval service of the United States, shall, in action involving actual conflict with the enemy, distinguish himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty and without detriment to the mission of his command or the command to which attached.
Sida 65 - THE council of the Chemical Society has awarded the Longstaff medal to Professor JF Thorpe. The presentation was made at the annual general meeting on March 17. LIEUTENANT EUGENE F. Du Bois has been given the Navy cross " for distinguished service in the line of his profession while attached to the US Submarine N-5 upon the occasion of a collision between that vessel and the Charles Whiitemore.
Sida 31 - For distinguished service in the line of [his] profession as Commanding Officer of the USS Benham engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines...
Sida 60 - H., which vessell loaded with explosives, was burned in the harbor of Quiberon on the night of the 17th of April, 1918. Almost immediately after the outbreak of the fire, the water in the vicinity of the FLORENCE H. was covered with burning powder boxes, many of which exploded, scattering flames throughout the wreckage. The officers and crews of the...
Sida 16 - The fire was returned and the fight continued for nearly two hours. Lieutenant Commander Madison was severely wounded early in the fight, but caused himself to be placed in a chair on the bridge and continued to direct the fire and to maneuver the ship. When the order was finally given to abandon the sinking ship, he became unconscious from loss of blood, but was lowered into a lifeboat and was saved, with 31 others, out of a total number of 236 on board.