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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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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6 December 2000