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Photo #: NH 79956

Robert Penn, Fireman Second Class, USN


Who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in a fireroom accident aboard USS Iowa (Battleship # 4) on 20 July 1898, during the Spanish-American War.

Copied from Deeds of Valor, Volume II, page 404, published in 1907 by the Perrien-Keydel Co., Detroit, Michigan.

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Image posted 13 November 1998
Rescanned & reposted 9 April 2003