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Thomas
Baxter
September 6, 1889

–

April 5, 1959

Thomas Baxter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1911. He retired as a Commander in the U.S. Navy.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Aphrodite

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Thomas Baxter (NSN: 0-7637), United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. APHRODITE, engaged in the important, exacting, and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.