. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . boats, connectedby ropes and a chain, which formed a sort of drag, moved along abreast and kept adistance of fifty yards apart. The Spaniards ashore eyed us keenly as we rowed toward them, and fully under-standing our design waited with their fire until we would be within their reach. Nosooner had we come within
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . boats, connectedby ropes and a chain, which formed a sort of drag, moved along abreast and kept adistance of fifty yards apart. The Spaniards ashore eyed us keenly as we rowed toward them, and fully under-standing our design waited with their fire until we would be within their reach. Nosooner had we come within reach of their fire than they began to open up on us, andfor a time it rained bullets and deadly missiles. Their fire did little damage, and anumber of steam launches which accompanied us on the expedition protected usfrom a more direct and certainly more effective attack. As soon as the chain would strike a mine we would close in upon it, cautiouslyapproach it and cut the contact wires. Then we would destroy the dangerous con-tents and render the mine harmless. In this manner we proceeded from one mineto the other until they were all disabled and the bay was cleared. The task was perilous in the extreme, but was accomplished expeditiously andwithout the loss of a single
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