Photo #: NH 103833
USS Yorktown (Gunboat # 1)
Ship's signal boys and Quartermasters, 1902
Abraham DeSomer is sitting at the left in the bottom row.
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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Photo #: NH 81899
USS Monadnock (Monitor # 3)
Ship's crew in 1903. Among them is Abraham DeSomer.
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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Photo #: NH 82100
USS Monadnock (Monitor # 3)
Crew posing with 10" guns, right after target practice in
Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa March-April 1905. Note
the "Clean Sweep" banner.
Man holding it on the left is Abraham DeSomer
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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Photo #: NH 103835
USS Utah (Battleship # 31)
Number One Turret's crew posing under their turret's 12"/45
guns in 1913.
Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer seated at right in the center
of the front row. To his right is the Turret Officer, Ensign
Arthur S. Carpender.
DeSomer received the Medal of Honor for his "extraordinary
heroism" during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-22
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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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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Photo #: NH 103839
USS California (BB-44)
Officers pose with silent-film actress Dorothy DeVore, on board
the ship at San Pedro, California, 1925.
Lieutenant Abraham DeSomer is third from right.
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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Photo #: NH 81897
Lieutenant Abraham DeSomer, USN
Being surrounded by a flowered ring held by his fellow officers
at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during his retirement
ceremonies in September 1931. He was completing over thirty years'
continuous service.
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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Photo #: NH 104054
Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN (Retired)
Shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy at the White House,
Washington, D.C., during ceremonies commemorating the 100th Anniversary
of the Medal of Honor, 2 June 1962.
DeSomer had been awarded the Medla of Honor for heroism during
the April 1914 Vera Cruz operation.
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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Photo #: NH 104055-KN (color)
Chief Turret Captain Abraham DeSomer, USN
Memorandum of 13 June 1914, signed by Secretary of the Navy Josepheus
Daniels, awarding DeSomer the Medal of Honor for his"extraordinary
heroism" during the intervention at Vera Cruz,Mexico, 21-22
April 1914.
Chief Turret Captain DeSomer was then serving in USS Utah
(Battleship # 31).
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. Courtesy
of Lieutenant Colonel Russell DeSomer, U.S. Air Force (Retired),
1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103843
U.S. Navy Medal of Honor
Reverse of Medal of Honor awarded to Chief Turret Captain Abraham
DeSomer for "extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession"
during the intervention at Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21-22 April 1914.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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