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A man in a Navy officer’s uniform, holding a folded U.S. flag, smiles at a woman. Sailors stand behind him.

Navy Hero

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ernest E. Evans smiles at the commissioning ceremony for USS Johnston in Seattle, Oct. 27, 1943. Evans was Johnston's commanding officer from then until it was sunk in the Battle off Samar on Oct. 25, 1944; he went down with the ship. He was the first Native American in the Navy to receive the Medal of Honor,

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