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 Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image Posted 20 February 2009