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NH 106207 Lieutenant Junior Grade Nathan G. Gordon, USNR

Lieutenant Junior Grade Nathan G. Gordon, USNR, who was later awarded a Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as Commander of a Catalina Patrol Plane that rescued fifteen United States Army Fifth Air Force service members shot down in combat over Kavieng Harbor in the Bismarck Sea, 15 February 1944.
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Title: Lieutenant Junior Grade Nathan G. Gordon, USNR
Description: Lieutenant Junior Grade Nathan G. Gordon, USNR, who was later awarded a Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as Commander of a Catalina Patrol Plane that rescued fifteen United States Army Fifth Air Force service members shot down in combat over Kavieng Harbor in the Bismarck Sea, 15 February 1944.
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Catalog #: NH 106207
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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