Medal of Honor Recipient: Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd
Rank and organization: Rear Admiral , U.S. 26 March 1884 ,
Cleveland , Ohio Ohio
Citation: For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life, during the attack on the Fleet inPearl Harbor , by
Japanese forces on 7
December 1941 . Rear Adm. Kidd immediately went to the bridge and,
as Commander Battleship Division One, courageously discharged his duties as
Senior Officer Present Afloat until the U.S.S. Arizona, his Flagship, blew up
from magazine explosions and a direct bomb hit on the bridge which resulted in
the loss of his life.
Citation: For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life, during the attack on the Fleet in
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