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Photo #: NH 99875

Commander George Fleming Davis, USN
(1911-1945)

Halftone photo from Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy, page 173.
Commander Davis was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for "conspicious gallantry and intrepidity" while in command of USS Walke (DD-723) when she was hit by a Japanese suicide plane during the Lingayen Gulf operation, 6 January 1945.

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Image posted 16 December 2004