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NH 58524 Nimitz Presenting Navy Commendation Medal

Nimitz Presenting Navy Commendation Medal
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Title: Nimitz Presenting Navy Commendation Medal
Caption: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, center, presents Lieutenant Commander Glenn Decker left, with the Navy Commendation Medal 21 years late. Decker won the award (approved by Admiral Nimitz but surprisingly never given to him) by maintaining a constant flow of communications from the exposed signal tower at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack 7 December 1941. Presentation was at headquarters of Military Sea Transition Service in San Francisco. L to R: Commander Decker, Lieutenant Junior Grade B.R. Bockmann, Admiral Nimitz, Rear Admiral J.W. Williams (COM-12), and his aide Lieutenant R.M. Campbell, Jr.
Description: Courtesy of Fleet Admiral Nimitz
Catalog #: NH 58524
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Fri, Apr 19, 1963
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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