قراءة كتاب Record of Medals of Honor issued to the officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, 1862-1923
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Record of Medals of Honor issued to the officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, 1862-1923
of Alexander McKenzie, Korea, June 11, 1871. (G.O. 169, February 8, 1872.)
DENNIS CONLAN.
Seaman on board of the U.S.S. Agawam; one of the crew of the powder boat which was exploded near Fort Fisher December 23, 1864, for which service he volunteered. (G.O. 45, December 31, 1864.)
MICHAEL CONNOLLY.
Ordinary seaman on board of the U.S.S. Plymouth; gallantry in rescuing a citizen from drowning in the harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 7th of August, 1876. (G.O. 218, August 24, 1876.)
THOMAS CONNOR.
Ordinary seaman on board of the U.S.S. Minnesota. In the assault on Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865, charged up the palisades and remained there when others were seized with a panic. He, with others, brought off a wounded officer from the field. (G.O. 59, June 22, 1865.)
WILLIAM C. CONNOR.
Boatswain's mate on board of the U.S.S. Howquah on the occasion of the destruction of the blockade runner Lynx, off Wilmington, September 25, 1864, at night. Performed his duty faithfully under the most trying circumstances, standing firmly at his post in the midst of a cross fire from the rebel shore batteries and our own vessels. (G.O. 45, December 31, 1864.)
JAMES COONEY.
Private, United States Marine Corps, for distinguished conduct in the Battle of Tientsin, July 13, 1900. (G.O. 55, July 19, 1901.)
THOMAS C. COONEY.
Chief machinist, serving on board the U.S. torpedo boat Winslow, for gallant and conspicuous conduct in the action at Cardenas, Cuba, May 11, 1898. Cooney's promptness in extinguishing fires in boiler pierced by shell saved boiler tubes from burning out. (G.O. 497, September 3, 1898.)
JOHN COOPER.
Coxswain on board of the U.S.S. Brooklyn, in the engagement in Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. Very conspicuous for bravery, skill, coolness, and activity at his gun. (G.O. 45, December 31, 1864.)
SECOND MEDAL.
Quartermaster on Acting Rear Admiral Thatcher's staff. During the terrific fire at Mobile, on the 26th of April, 1865, at the risk of being blown to pieces by exploding shells, he advanced through the burning locality, rescued a wounded man from certain death, and bore him on his back to a place of safety. Entitled to wear a bar attached to the ribbon of the medal he had already received at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. (G.O. 62, June 29, 1865.)