Photo #: NH 73698
Seaman Willard Dwight Miller, USN
A Canadian who served in USS Nashville (Gunboat # 7) during
the Spanish-American War. Both he and his brother, Harry H. Miller,
were awarded the Medal of Honor for exhibiting "extraordinary
bravery and coolness" during the 11 May 1898 telegraph cable
cutting operation off Cienfuegos, Cuba.
This is a halftone reproduction.
Courtesy of the Army Museum, Halifax Citadel, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada, 1971.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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