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Photo #: NH 90677

Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland, USNR

Receives the Navy Cross from Rear Admiral David M. LeBreton, at Norfolk, Virginia, 16 July 1945.
LCdr. Copeland received the Navy Cross for heroism while in command of USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944.

Courtesy of Mrs. Harriet N. Copeland, 1980.

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30 October 1998