File:Vice Admiral Wilson Brown receives the Distinguished Service Medal from President Roosevelt, 1942 (23317700579).jpg
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| Description | Lot 9428-6: President Franklin D. Roosevelt decorates an old friend and former aide for meritorious service at sea. Vice Admiral Wilson Brown is receiving the Distinguished Service Medal from President Roosevelt at the White House for his meritorious work as Task Force 11 Commander in the Pacific Fleet. The citation reads, “For exceptionally meritorious services to the government of the United States in a duty of great responsibility as a task force commander of the United States Pacific Fleet during a period of sea of approximately eight weeks in February and March 1942, when he displayed the highest qualities of seamanship, endurance and tenacity while conducting extensive operations against and successful action with enemy forces.” Office of War Information Collection, Apr-May 1942. Note, original image is small. (2015/12/11). |
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| Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navy |
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