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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 103762
Contraband Robert Blake
U.S. Navy poster photographed in 1970. Robert Blake, an escaped
slave, received the Medal of Honor for bravery while serving
the rifle gun as USS Marblehead engaged Confederates off
Legareville, South Carolina on 25 December 1863.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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