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80-G-42661 Commander Howard W. Gilmore, USN

Photo #: 80-G-42661 Commander Howard W. Gilmore, USN
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Title: Commander Howard W. Gilmore, USN
Description: Mrs. Howard W. Gilmore is presented with her husband's Medal of Honor by Rear Admiral Andrew C. Bennett, USN, Commander, Eighth Naval District, 18 August 1943. Standing by are the Gilmore's son, Howard Jr., and daughter Vernon Jeanne. The medal was posthumously awarded to Commander Gilmore for heroism in action on board USS Growler (SS-215) on 7 February 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-42661
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