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USS Iowa

Philip Bogan Keefer
Coppersmith, U.S. Navy

Born:   September 04, 1875 at Washington, DC
Entered Service:   Washington, DC
Date/Place of Action: July 20, 1898 - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Unit:  U.S.S. Iowa
Presentation:  Presented on December 14, 1898 - G.O. 500
Date of Death:   January 15, 1949
Buried at:  Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA

Robert Penn
Fireman First Class, U.S. Navy

Born:   October 10, 1872 at City Point, VA
Entered Service:   Virginia
Date/Place of Action:  July 20, 1898 - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Unit:  U.S.S. Iowa
Presentation:  Presented on December 14, 1898 - G.O. 500
Date of Death:  June 08, 1912
Buried at:  Unknown Cemetery - Philadelphia, PA

Bahia Hondo, Cuba

John William Heard
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army

Born:   March 27, 1860 at Woodstock, MS
Entered Service:   Mississippi
Date/Place of Action:  July 23, 1898 - Bahia Honda, Cuba
Unit:   3d US Cavalry
Presentation:  Presented on June 21, 1899
Date of Death:  February 04, 1922
Buried at: US Military Academy Cemetery - West Point, NY

With the Spanish-American War all but over, little remained but mop-up operations, and negotiations to finally end the war. Those mop-up details could however, prove to be as dangerous as combat itself. Over a dangerous two-day period in the last week of July, crews bent to the task of clearing mines from the harbor at Guantanamo Bay, destroying 27 of the deadly devices and earning four men the last Medals of Honor of the Spanish-American War.

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