U.S. Navy
Pile, RichardYear of Action1872
Unit/CommandUSS Kansas
Citation
Serving on board the USS Kansas, Pile 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 his extraordinary heroism and personal exertion prevented greater loss of
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