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Photo #: NH 105631

Commander Richard N. Antrim, USN


Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 151.
Richard N. Antrim was awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while a Prisoner of War at Makassar, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies when he saved a fellow Naval officer from being beaten to death by Japanese guards in April 1942. When the officer was at the point of unconsciousness, then-Lieutenant Antrim stepped forward to take the remainder of the officer's punishment, stunning the Japanese guards and inspiring the Allied prisoners.

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Image Posted 28 March 2008