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NH 104860 Lieutenant Richard Wainwright, Jr., USN

NH 104860 Lieutenant Richard Wainwright, Jr., USN
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Description: Pictured ashore in civilian clothes while serving on USS Connecticut (BB-18) during her cruise around the world as part of the Great White Fleet, circa 1907-1909. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph
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Medal of Honor citation of Lieutenant Richard Wainwright, Jr., USN (as printed in the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 102):

"For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Lieutenant Wainwright was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion; was in the fighting in both days, and exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through action. In seizing the customhouse, he encountered for many hours the heaviest and most pernicious concealed fire of the entire day, but his courage and coolness under trying conditions were marked."

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