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Ensign "Francis" Flaherty, USNR, died on Dec. 7 aboard the USS Oklahoma when he was 22 years old during Japan's raid on Pearl Harbor and received the Medal of Honor posthumously, the U.S.

From Fox News • Aug. 25, 2021

Rear Admiral Giles Chester Stedman, USNR, 63, vice president of the United States Lines and former superintendent of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive