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Rank/Rate |
Gunner's Mate, First Class |
Service Number |
207 19 61 |
Birth Date |
August 10, 1919 |
From |
Milford, Connecticut |
Decorations |
Navy Cross, Purple Heart |
Submarine |
USS Harder (SS-257) |
Loss Date |
August 24, 1944 |
Location |
Off Caiman Point near Bataan, RPI |
Circumstances |
Probably sunk by depth charge attack |
Remarks |
Navy Cross Citation: The Navy Cross is presented to
Freeman Paquet (2071961),
Gunner's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy, for gallantry and
intrepidity in action while serving aboard the U.S.S. HARDER
(SS-257) on the Fourth War Patrol of that submarine during the
period 29 March 1944 to 20 April 1944, in enemy controlled waters
of the Pacific Area. On 1 April 1944, during that war patrol,
Gunner's Mate First Class Paquet served as a member of a volunteer
rescue team dispatched from the HARDER to an enemy held island
to rescue a naval aviator whose plane had been shot down. Although
fully aware that unforeseen circumstance might result in the forced
abandonment of the entire party, Gunner's Mate First Class Paquet
courageously fought his way through the breakers and a coral reef
despite dangerous hostile sniper fire and locating the exhausted
aviator, succeeded in bringing him back to Harder. His conduct
throughout this action reflects great credit upon himself, and
was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States
Naval Service. Paquet Hall on the (former) U.S. Submarine
Base in Pearl Harbor was named in
his memory. |
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