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Photo #: NH 105627

U.S. Navy Medal of Honor


Reverse of a Medal of Honor awarded to Ordinary Seaman Luke M. Griswold, USN, of USS Rhode Island, for his work in rescuing USS Monitor survivors on 30 December 1862, and subsequently surviving in a small cutter when it was separated from the ship by hazardous gale-wind seas.

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Image Posted 24 March 2008