Photo #: NH 106427
Lieutenant Arthur M. Preston, USNR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 246.
Arthur M. Preston was awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity"
as Commander of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-Three while rescuing Ensign Harold A.
Thompson, a Navy Pilot from the escort carrier USS Santee, who was shot down in
Wasile Bay, near Halmahera Island on 16 September 1944.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 45KB; 580 x 765 pixels
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