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A yard of heroes

Description: Image of a portrait of 11 United States Navy officers from the Spanish-American War; left to right, Flag Lieutenant Thomas Mason Brumby, Captain Daniel B. Hodgson, Captain Frank Wildes, Captain Nehemiah Mayo Dyer (Deyer), Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, Commodore George Dewey, Commander Benjamin P. Lamberton, Commander Asa Walker, Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, Commander Edward Parker Wood, and Ensign Harry H. Caldwell; image of American flag draped in folds forms a border; sailors in military uniform at left and right in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1898
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001302
Creator: Last, Jay T

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