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Photo #: NH 106574

Lieutenant Junior Grade John J. Powers, USN


Photographed on 10 April 1940. He would later receive the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for his "distinguished and conspicuous gallantry" while serving with Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5) at the Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command.

Online Image: 45KB; 580 x 765 pixels

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    Image Posted 20 February 2009