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Navy Distinguished Service Medal (1919-2016) - 1917
Name of Award Navy Distinguished Service Medal (1919-2016)
Year Awarded 1917
Last Updated: Feb 11, 2009
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Details Behind Award
TAUSSIG, JOSEPH K., SR. Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Joseph K. Taussig, Sr., Captain, U.S. Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. WADSWORTH, engaged in the important, exacting, and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in escorting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters, and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity; and especially for a successful attack upon an enemy submarine on 29 July 1917. Authority: Navy Book of Distinguished Service (Stringer)