The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

SADLER, WILLIAM

Rank and Organization: Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy. Born: 1854, Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884.

Citation:

For jumping overboard from the U.S.S. Saratoga, off Coasters Harbor Island, R.I., 25 June 1881, and sustaining until picked up by a boat from the ship, Frank Gallagher, second class boy, who had fallen overboard.

 

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