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U.S. Navy

John Russell

ConflictNoncombat

Year of Action1880

Unit/CommandUSS Trenton

BirthplaceNew York, New York

Citation

For jumping overboard from the USS Trenton, at Genoa, Italy, 21 September 1880, and rescuing from drowning Hans Paulsen, ordinary seaman.

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