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80-G-42661: Rear Admiral Andrew C. Bennett, Commandant, Eighth Naval District, posthumously awards Medal of Honor to Commander Howard W. Gilmore, USN, who sacrificed his own life to save the men onboard his submarine, USS Growler (SS-215). Mrs. Gilmore and her children Howard Jr., and Vernon Jeanne take part in the ceremony. Shown: Rear Admiral Bennet bestows the medal upon Mrs. Howard Gilmore. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/08/01).
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Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navy |
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U.S. federal government
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