DUBUQUE, Ia. (Dec. 7, 2017) Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, the Navy Chief of Chaplains, presents deceased Lt. Aloysius H. Schmitt’s Silver Star Medal to his niece and nephews, Dan Schmitt, left, Frances Hemesath, middle, and Del Schmitt, right, in Dubuque, Ia. Schmitt is awarded the Silver Star Medal for his selfless act to help save countless men from the Battleship USS Oklahoma (BB 37) during the attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941.

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