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Born July 9, 1887 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died May 15, 1976 (aged 88) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Subjects Of Study United States • United States Navy • navy

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William Sowden Sims
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John F. Kennedy
president of United States
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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Carl Van Doren
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Husband Edward Kimmel
United States Navy officer
Mildred Helen McAfee
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John Connally
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John McCain
John McCain
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Jesse L. Brown
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John Kerry
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Lisa Franchetti
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Thomas Hudner
Thomas Hudner
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John Paul Jones
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David Farragut
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