Medal of Honor Recipient: Captain of the Top William L. Hill
Rank and organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1856, Brooklyn, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884.
Citation: Serving on board the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota at Newport, R.I., 22 June 1881, Hill jumped overboard and sustained William Mulcahy, third class boy, who had fallen overboard, until picked up by a steam launch.
Citation: Serving on board the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota at Newport, R.I., 22 June 1881, Hill jumped overboard and sustained William Mulcahy, third class boy, who had fallen overboard, until picked up by a steam launch.
posted by Poison Pero | 6/02/2008
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