Photo #: NH 95607
Chief Gunner George Bradley, USN (center)
With Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby (left) and Admiral Edward
W. Eberle, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, at the White House,
Washington, D.C., 4 October 1923, after he had been presented
with the Medal of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge.
The Medal was awarded "for meritorious service under fire"
during the landings at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914. At that time
Bradley was a Chief Gunner's Mate, serving in USS Utah
(BB-31).
Donation of Mrs. C.L. Lehmann, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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