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U.S. Navy
Pile, Richard
Pile, Richard
Year 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

Branch: U.S. NavyYear of Action: 1872

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