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Photo #: 80-G-423716 (Complete Caption)

Rear Admiral James H. Doyle, USN,
Commander, Task Force 90

Congratulates four sailors who have just received the Silver Star Medal for service as coxwains of LCVP landing craft during the Inchon Invasion. Taken during ceremonies on board USS Rochester (CA-124).
The original photograph is dated 22 September 1950.
The men are (left to right):
Seaman Chancey H. Vogt,
Seaman William H. Ragan,
Engineman-Fireman Richard P. Vinson, and
Seaman Apprentice Paul J. Gregory.

Note: Men's identities and some other information in the above caption is taken from Cagle & Manson: The Sea War in Korea, photo spread following page 364.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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31 July 1999