Photo #: NH 103780
Chief Gunner's Mate Thomas Eadie (right)
With President Calvin Coolidge after being presented with the
Medal of Honor in ceremonies at the White House, January 1928.
He received the medal for heroism in rescuing another man during
diving operations on USS S-4 (SS-109) on 18 December 1927.
Among his other medals are the Navy Cross and the World War I
Victory Medal.
At left is Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur. The Chief of
Naval Operations, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, is in the right
center background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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