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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 95030-KN (Color)

U.S. Navy Medal of Honor

Obverse of a Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Chief Water Tender Peter Tomich for "extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety" as USS Utah (AG-16) was sinking during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
See Photo # NH 95031-KN for a view of the reverse of this medal.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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23 June 2000