*RUD, GEORGE WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Chief Machinist's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 7
October 1883, Minneapolis, Minn. Accredited to: Minnesota. (1 August 1932.)
Citation:
For extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession while attached to the
U.S.S.
Memphis, at a time when that vessel was suffered total destruction from a hurricane while
anchored off Santo Domingo City, 29 August 1916. C.M.M. Rud took his station in the
engine room and remained at his post amidst scalding steam and the rushing of thousands of
tons of water into his department, receiving serious burns from which he immediately died.
