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Description: Posthumous Medal of Honor awardee. Ordered the USS Growler to dive while he was wounded on the bridge. Photographed after being awarded the Navy Cross for his "extraordinary heroism" while serving as Commanding Officer of USS Growler (SS-215) from 20 June to 17 July 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives collection
Title: Howard Walter Gilmore
Credit: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-g/h-glmore.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, the image is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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