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47k | Lt. Weedon E. Osborne was born 13 November 1892 in Chicago, III. Appointed a Lt. (jg) and a dental surgeon in the Navy 8 May 1917, he was assigned duty with the 6th Reg. Marines 26 March 1918. During the advance on Boursches, France, in the Chateau Thierry area, he sought to aid the wounded and was killed while attempting to carry an injured officer to safety on 6 June. He was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross for “extraordinary herosim under fire. Photo #: NH 47548. Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Weedon E. Osborne, USN (Dental Corps) portrait photograph taken circa 1917-1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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84k | Photo # NH 42921 USS Osborne (DD-295) Underway in the Hudson River, off New York City, during the 1920s. | Daniel Dunham |
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108k | Photo #: NH 83930, USS Osborne (DD-295), USS Gwin (DD-71), and USS DuPont (DD-152) moored to a buoy in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, circa 1920. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |
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119k | Photo #: NH 57976, USS Osborne (DD-295) underway during the review of the U.S. Fleet by President Calvin Coolidge, 4 June 1927. USS Goff (DD-247) is in the right background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart |