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Photo #: NH 79439

Chief Steward Jesse W. Covington, USN


Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 115.
Ship's Cook Third Class Jessie W. Covington, of USS Stewart, received the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" on 17 April 1918 when he risked his life while rescuing an exhausted survivor of the explosion of the American S.S. Florence H.

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Image Posted 13 November 2007