Medal of Honor Recipients I

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August 22nd, 2015

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Medal of Honor / Recipients I

Below you can find the the recipients for the Medal of Honor, with names beginning with the letter I. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof.

Medal of Honor
Ingram, Osmond Kelly		(Tiffany version, posthumously) Gunners Mate First Class, USS Cassin "For extraordinary heroism in the presence of the enemy on the occasion of the torpedoing of the Cassin, on 15 October 1917. While the Cassin was searching for the submarine, Ingram sighted the torpedo coming, and realizing that it might strike the ship aft in the vicinity of the depth charges, ran aft with the intention of releasing the depth charges before the torpedo could reach the Cassin. The torpedo struck the ship before he could accomplish his purpose and Ingram was killed by the explosion. The depth charges exploded immediately afterward. His life was sacrificed in an attempt to save the ship and his shipmates, as the damage to the ship would have been much less if he had been able to release the depth charges."

Text: Wilco Vermeer
Sources:
- WW2Awards (Retrieved August 22nd, 2015)

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