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The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Huntington English, United States Navy (Reserve Force), for distinguished service in the line of his profession on the occasion of the torpedoing of the U.S.S. Finland on 28 October 1917, when he jumped overboard from the U.S.S. WAKIVA in a rough sea and rescued a soldier who had jumped over-board from the Finland. Later, as fire control officer of the WAKIVA, Lieutenant English participated in an engagement with a submarine on 28 November 1917, as a result of which the submarine was severely damaged, if not actually destroyed.

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