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Bresnahan, Patrick Francis
Bresnahan, Patrick Francis
Year of Action1905
Unit/CommandUSS Iowa (BB-4)
HometownPeabody, Massachusetts
Citation

Serving on board the USS Iowa for extraordinary heroism at the time of the blowing out of the manhole plate of boiler D on board that vessel, 25 January 1905.

Branch: U.S. NavyYear of Action: 1905

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