Photo #: NH 75840
Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh, USN
Who was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for devotion
to duty and courage while serving as Commanding Officer of USS
Arizona (BB-39) during the 7 December 1941 Japanese raid
on Pearl Harbor.
Halftone reproduction, copied from the official publication "Medal
of Honor, 1861-1948, The Navy", page 272.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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