HILL, EDWIN JOSEPH - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Chief Boatswain, U.S. Navy. Birth: 4 October 1894,
Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. Citation: For distinguished
conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage, and disregard
of his own safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, by Japanese
forces on 7 December 1941. During the height of the strafing and bombing,
Chief Boatswain Hill led his men of the linehandling details of the U.S.S.
Nevada to the quays, cast off the lines and swam back to his ship. Later,
while on the forecastle, attempting to let go the anchors, he was blown
overboard and killed by the explosion of several bombs.
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