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Navy Medal of Honor: Philippine Insurrection(275 total words in this text)(4046 Reads)  FISHER, FREDERICK THOMAS, Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy, USS Philadelphia, Samoa, Philippine Islands, 1 April 1899 FITZ, JOSEPH, Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy, USS Pampanga, Mount Dajo Jolo, Philippine Islands, 8 March 1906 FORBECK, ANDREW P., Seaman, U.S. Navy., Katbalogan, Samar, Philippine Islands, 16 July 1900 GALBRAITH, ROBERT, Gunner's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy., El Pardo, Cebu, Philippine Islands, 12 and 13 September 1899 MULLIN, HUGH P., Seaman, U.S. Navy, USS Texas, Hampton Roads, Va., 11 November 1899 SHANAHAN, PATRICK, Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy., USS Alliance, 28 May 1899 STOKES, JOHN, Chief Master-at-Arms, U.S. Navy., USS New York, off Jamaica, 31 March 1899 STOLTENBERG, ANDREW V., Gunner's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy., Katbalogan, Samar, Philippine Islands, 16 July 1900 THORDSEN, WILLIAM GEORGE, Coxswain, U.S. Navy., Hilongas, Philippine Islands, 6 May 1900 U.S. Marine Corps Recipients BEARSS, HIRAM IDDINGS, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps., Samar, Philippine Islands, 17 November 1901 BUCKLEY, HOWARD MAJOR, Private, U.S. Marine Corps., Philippine Islands, 25, 27, 29 March, and 4 April 1899 FORSTERER, BRUNO ALBERT, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps., Samoa, Philippine Islands, 1 April 1899 HARVEY, HARRY, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps., Benictican, 16 February 1900 HULBERT, HENRY LEWIS, Private, U.S. Marine Corps., Samoa, Philippine Islands, 1 April 1899 LEONARD, JOSEPH, Private, U.S. Marine Corps. (Enlisted as Joseph Melvin)., Philippine Islands, 25, 27, and 29 March, and on 4 April 1899 McNALLY, MICHAEL JOSEPH, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps., Samoa, Philippine Islands, 1 April 1899 PORTER, DAVID DIXON, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps., Samar, Philippine Islands, 17 November 1901 PRENDERGAST, THOMAS FRANCIS, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps., Philippine Islands, 25, 27, 29 March, and 5 April 1899 |
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