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Navy posthumously awards Bronze Star Medal for valor at Pearl Harbor
171201-N-N0801-001.JPG Photo By: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of the George Family

Dec 4, 2017
WASHINGTON - An undated file photo of Chief Boatswain's Mate Joseph L. George. After enlisting in 1935, George was assigned to the repair ship USS Vestal (AR 4), which was moored alongside USS Arizona (BB 39) when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began on Dec. 7, 1941. The Navy recently authorized the posthumous award of the Bronze Star Medal with V device for valor to George.


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