Word: merchantships
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...President personally hung the Congressional Medal of Honor around the neck of Henry Breault, torpedoman, second class, U. S. N. On Oct. 28, 1923, Breault was aboard the submarine O-5 sunk in Limon Bay off the Panama Canal in collision with the merchantship Abangares. He reached the deck before the submarine sank, discovered that one of his comrades was trapped below. He rushed down, shut a water-tight door and remained with his shipmate until the submarine was raised by a salvage party 38 hours later...
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