Show HUMBLE MEDAL OF IIONOR MAN Uncle Bam half not rewarded the bravo deed done by his echoes at lib rally an he has thow performed by IhS men 01 his Ian force And while then I have been n largo number 01 medals glten la the mm In the army who have dlttlngiilhed themselves few have 10011 awarded In the navy One of the last medals of honor to be given to < ne or Undo Rams sailors wo presented to August Wilson it nut close boiler mnk fr who nt HID time ot Mi heroic deed wu attached to the monitor puritan August Wilson with a number ot hit ihlpmnte was In tin engine room at I the monitor l during ono of the dock trllll I t ot till engine I at the aIl lod a-Il iJ = = m i1 r o I y j f nAVY Yard when the crown sheets of one ot the boiler gate way sending volume of scalding l steam Into the lira anti timlno room mid Injuring lame of the men among whom wan Chief In IIlnH Cowls 1 Wilson opened the water Unlit door Uniting from the engine rom tn rem nu and succeeded In getting acv rut nf the men out lie then re lurmil to the fireroom and crawling < vr I ho toiler dlKonnecled the In lured one thereby ravin not only hat ha-t CMI I but the then ot all on board Ho I I wall MiaiM by llreman Fletcher For Mh Ir I c rnolnei and quick Judgment they were awarded modal ot honor and are I Among I IK rw In the natal eerrlco to Im 1 + thtiii honond although the record of the detriment how many rate ot extreme bravery performed by tile men Attaint Wilson has bon In the sane Ir firmly 0 years |