U.S. Marine Corps
Morris, JohnYear of Action1881 - 1879
Unit/CommandUSS Lancaster
HometownNew York
Citation
For leaping overboard from the U.S. Flagship Lancaster, at Villefranche, France, 25 December 1881, and rescuing from drowning Robert Blizzard, ordinary seaman, a prisoner, who had jumped overboard.
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