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Howard Cupps Gets Navy Cross

Description:
United States Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz (far left), Commander in Chief of the U.S. fleet in the Pacific, congratulates 7 sailors after presenting them with the Navy Cross medal for their miraculous rescue of 9 crew members of a crashed Army bomber floating on life rafts off the coast of Hawaii. The awarded sailors are: (L to R) Ensign Fisler o... Honolulu
Display date:
1942
Format:
image
Collections:
Digital Public Library of America
Contributors:
Hennepin County Library
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Hennepin County Library
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