NATION IN BRIEF : VIRGINIA : 13 of Iowa Crew Get Medals for Bravery
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Medals were presented to 13 crewmen of the battleship Iowa for their bravery in rescue work last April after a gun turret exploded, killing 47 sailors. Capt. Fred P. Moosally, who presented the medals aboard the vessel at Norfolk, Va., said the men “saved their ship and allowed us to recover our shipmates in the turret.” He praised his crew for quickly extinguishing a raging fire in the turret that could have set off more explosives. Altogether, 43 Iowa personnel have or will receive awards.
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