MAKE A MEME View Large Image Sublosses growler4.jpg TAKE HER DOWN Commander w Howard W Gilmore wounded on the bridge of USS Growler SS-215 makes an historic sacrifice by ordering an immediate dive The submarine badly damaged by a collision with an IJN gunboat was saved ...
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Keywords: Sublosses growler4.jpg TAKE HER DOWN Commander w Howard W Gilmore wounded on the bridge of USS Growler SS-215 makes an historic sacrifice by ordering an immediate dive The submarine badly damaged by a collision with an IJN gunboat was saved In giving up his life for his ship Commander Gilmore was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor The action occurred 7 February 1943 2011-12-13 http //www history navy mil/pics/sublosses/sublosses_growler4 jpg US Naval History Heritage Command PD-USGov DEFAULTSORT Gilmore Howard Uploaded with UploadWizard Gato class submarines Growler 1902 births 1943 deaths Alumni of the United States Naval Academy Naval officers of the United States United States submarine commanders People of Selma Alabama
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