Wednesday, July 30, 2014

In working with the articles I searched through a vast source epad ersys material - mostly availabl


For magazine online, I found until their story and present the Norwegian heroes in the U.S. - and what they did. However, due to several redesign of db.no, is unfortunately the case unreadable today. Therefore, one would praise here on iKeg!
DOUBLE epad ersys FULLY Ludwig Andreas Olsen Oslo is one of only 19 people in history to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice. He served aboard the USS Lackawanna, boat right in this sketch. Illustration stems from the boat's early history, the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.
LOUIS WILLIAMS, born Ludwig Andreas Olsen in Oslo in 1845, was also naval captain in the United States after having emigrated to California. He is one of a total of 19 people in history to have won America's highest honor twice. No one has won more.
"For jumping overboard from the USS Lackawanna, 16 March 1883 at Honolulu, and saved Thomas Moran from drowning." And "As serving on board the USS Lackawanna, saved Williams William Cruise from drowning after he fell overboard at Callao Peru on June 13, 1884. "
6 KILLED: Hans Johnsen and torpedo boat Winslow landed under heavy fire at Cardenas, Cuba. Six of the crew were killed, including Ensign Worth Bagley, the only American officer who died in the war.
Along with two other boats were to examine the harbor in the Cuban city of Cardenas in search of Spanish ships. Here they landed in a bloody battle against the forces of the country and the armored Spanish tug Antonio Lopez.
11 May 1898 the crew of the USS Nashville and the USS Marblehead tasked to cut the undersea cables between Cienfuegos in Cuba and Spain. A team from each boat taking with them what they had tools and implements, and used rowboat for getting so close to shore as possible to get the cables so that they could be cut.
You can read a description of the crew of the drama. They had to as close as 10-15 meters from the shore to hold the cables. On a cliff above the Spanish soldiers stood ready in their positions, and when they discovered what was about to happen, started bullets.
Mothership USS Nashville even had to subject themselves to the utmost danger by heading to the country to support the seemingly doomed soldiers. But the cables were cut and mission accomplished. All of the USS Nashville won the coveted honor medal that day.
ANTON OLSEN born 26 April 1867 in Oslo emigrated to Massachusetts. He also took part in the dangerous operation during the Spanish-American Civil War when the cables epad ersys should be cut between Cuba and Spain.
"On board the USS Marblehead during the operation of cutting the cable from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. During heavy hostile shelling Olsen showed exceptional fortitude and vigor during this conflict."
Fight alone: Søndfjordingen Thomas Remove were part of a flanking force when the U.S. advancing none met with great resistance by Paet Luzon in the Philippines. Flanking force was almost annihilated, the Remove ultimately was the only back who could fight against the overwhelming enemy force. There, he kept order and protected their dead and wounded comrades until reinforcements managed epad ersys to win the fight for him.
ANDREW V. STOLTENBERG was born in Norway, probably in Bodø, and emigrated to California. As enlisted artillery man in the U.S. Navy he earned the medal of honor during epad ersys the war in the Philippines on 16 July 1900.
MARTIN TORINUS TORGERSON was born on 7 November 1875 at a place to be named Olees (Ålesund? Red adm) in Norway. He emigrated to Virginia and served as artillerigast in the U.S. Navy during the so-called Boxer Rebellion in China in the early 1900's.
Unfortunately, little specific about his merits 13, 20, 21, and 22 June 1900. Probably he participated along with about 45,000 allies in the bloody fighting to reclaim Tianjin and Beijing this summer.
20 Norwegians epad ersys have been awarded America's highest honor, The Congressional Medal of Honor. This is the reunion with a series of articles in three parts I wrote for online magazine - a presentation of these heroes who made himself famous in the U.S. but which are unknown in their homeland. This is the first article in the series.
In working with the articles I searched through a vast source epad ersys material - mostly available on the internet. Most sources are linked directly to the text, and are clickable. But some of the most important here: Naval Historical epad ersys Center, CMOHS official page, U.S. Army, Find A Grave, Google.com, Wikipedia
You must be a U.S. citizen to be awarded the medal, but one has to serve in a U.S. entity. Foster The medal was awarded on March 25, 1863. They last for Private Ross A. McGinnis to have thrown himself over a grenade to save his comrades' lives in Iraq, Dec. 4, 2006. He was 19 years old. Total has been awarded the 3448 medal. Only 98 of them are alive today. 19 has become

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