Photo #: NH 79941
Landsman William F. Lukes, USN
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, published in "Deeds
of Valor," Volume II, page 91, by the Perrien-Keydel Company,
Detroit, 1907. William F. Lukes received the Medal of Honor for
continuing to fight after receiving a head injury during the
capture of Korean forts on 11 June 1871.
Note: Lukes' birthplace was not Berlin, Germany, but Niderbergdorf,
Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic).
US Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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