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U.S. Army

Edward Herrick Gibson

ConflictPhilippine War

Year of Action1899

Unit/CommandU.S. Volunteers, Company M, 27th Infantry

BirthplaceBoston, Massachusetts

Citation

Attempted under a heavy fire of the enemy to swim a river for the purpose of obtaining and returning with a canoe.

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