U.S. Navy
Richard Bates
ConflictNoncombat
Year of Action1866
Unit/CommandUSS Winooski
Citation
For heroic conduct in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell, seamen of the USS Winooski, off Eastport, Maine, 10 May 1866.
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