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80-G-33840: Lieutenant Commander Randolph B. Boyer, USN

80-G-33840: Lieutenant Commander Randolph B. Boyer, Commanding Officer of USS Morris (DD 417), following being awarded the Navy Cross on January 3, 1943, by Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman for meritorious and heroic action rendered survivors of USS Hornet (CV 8) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942. The ceremony, conducted onboard Morris, honored two officers and four enlisted men for their work in rescuing survivors adrift in the sea and for helping to extinguish “raging fires” on the carrier. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/17).
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Caption: Lieutenant Commander Randolph B. Boyer, Commanding Officer of USS Morris (DD-417), following being awarded the Navy Cross on January 3, 1943, by Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman for meritorious and heroic action rendered survivors of USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942. The ceremony, conducted onboard Morris, honored two officers and four enlisted men for their work in rescuing survivors adrift in the sea and for helping to extinguish “raging fires” on the carrier. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/17).
Accession #: 80-G-33840
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