World War II Honoree

Edwin Joseph Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. CHIEF BOATSWAIN, U.S. NAVY. ACCREDITED TO PENNSYLVANIA. RECEIVED CITATION FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE LINE OF HIS PROFESSION, EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE AND DISREGARD OF HIS OWN SAFETY DURING THE ATTACK ON THE FLEET IN PEARL HARBOR, BY JAPANESE FORCES ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STRAFING AND BOMBING HE LED HIS MEN OF THE LINE HANDLING DETAILS OF THE USS NEVADA TO THE QUAYS, CAST OFF THE LINES AND SWAM BACK TO HIS SHIP. LATER, WHILE ON THE FORECASTLE, ATTEMPTING TO LET GO THE ANCHORS, WAS BLOWN OVERBOARD AND KILLED BY THE EXPLOSION OF SEVERAL BOMBS.