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Hispanic-American Medal of Honor Recipients
BAZAAR, PHILIP
Rank and organization: Ordinary
Seaman, U.S. Navy.
Born: Chile, South America. Accredited to: Massachusetts.
G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865.
Citation: On board the U.S.S. Santiago
de Cuba during the assault on Fort Fisher on 15 January 1865. As one of a boat crew
detailed to one of the generals on shore, O.S. Bazaar bravely entered the fort in
the assault and accompanied his party in carrying dispatches at the height of the
battle. He was 1 of 6 men who entered the fort in the assault from the fleet.
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