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Description Reverse of a Medal of Honor awarded to Chief Gunner's Mate Oscar Schmidt Jr., United States Navy, for "extraordinary heroism" in rescuing crewmen of USS SC-219, which burned and sank at sea on 9 October 1918. The text reads:
FOR
EXTRAORDINARY
HEROISM
OSCAR SCHMIDT, JR.
C.G.M. U.S.N.
IN RESCUING CREW ON U.S.
SUBMARINE CHASER 219
LOST OCTOBER 9, 1918.
Source Naval Historical Center Online Library, Photo #: NH 99644
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Public domain The graphic is a representation of an award or decoration of the United States military. It is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from a U.S. military award. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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