Photo #: NH 103836
USS Utah (Battleship # 31)
Chief Petty Officers, photographed on board the ship at Vera
Cruz, Mexico in May 1914.
Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer, bottom row right, received
the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary heroism"
during the seizure of Vera Cruz on 21 and 22 April 1914.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Donated
by Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired),
1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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