Show ohara distinguished service medal hero no name is regarded with more respect in the U S merchant marine cadet corps than that of 0 edwin J ohara ot of lindsay calif who wa was posthumously awarded the distinguished service medal one morning late in the fail all ot of 1942 just at dawn two enemy surface raiders appeared through the mist and started firing on boharas OH aras ship the gun crew cren V m am in me mediately responded the e enemy fire was as effective however and all the personnel manning one after gun installation were killed or wounded by one explosion ohara took over this gun by himself and managed to fire it five times with every shell striking the enemy vessel at the water une line ohara was credited in the citation with single handedly sinking this raider the cadet midshipman was mortally ta lly v wounded in the action how ever and went event down with his bis ship MA V f k N |