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Photo #: NH 102740
U.S. Navy Medal of Honor
Reverse of a Medal of Honor awarded to Seaman Edward William
Boers, USN, for "extraordinary heroism" following the
explosion of a boiler on board USS Bennington (Gunboat
# 4) on 21 July 1905.
Seaman Boers was born 10 March 1884 at Cincinnati, Ohio.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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