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Description: Photo #: 80-G-472641 Commander George L. Street III, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Tirante (SS-240) At the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., just after receiving the Navy Cross from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on 19 October 1945. He was awarded the medal for extraordinary ship-hunting efforts during Tirante's war patrols earlier in the year. Street also received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" in action against Japanese forces on 14 April 1945. The ribbon for the Medal of Honor is in the top row of his ribbons, immediately below his submarine service "dolphins". Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Title: George Levick Street III
Credit: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-s/g-street.htm
Author: US Naval History & Heritage Command
Permission: This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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