U.S. Navy
Hill, GeorgeYear of Action1872
Unit/CommandUSS Kansas
Citation
Serving on board the USS Kansas, Hill displayed great coolness and self-possession at the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others were drowned, near Greytown, Nicaragua, 12 April 1872, and by extraordinary heroism and personal exertion, prevented greater loss of life.
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