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80-G-10562 Lieutenant Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare, USN

Photo #: 80-G-10562 Lieutenant Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare, USN
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Title: Lieutenant Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare, USN
Description: Photo #: 80-G-10562 Lieutenant Edward H. Butch O'Hare, USN View taken on 10 April 1942 at Naval Air Station, Maui, Hawaii in the cockpit of his Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat Fighter. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for shooting down five Japanese planes on 20 February 1942, while he was defending USS Lexington during an attempted a raid on the enemy base Rabaul. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-10562
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