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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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