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Photo #: NH 102454
Rear Admiral Norman Scott, USN
Halftone reproduction of a 1942 photograph, published in "Medal
of Honor, 1861-1945, The Navy", page 257.
Rear Admiral Scott was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity"
during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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