Howard W. Gilmore
Howard Walter Gilmore was a submarine commander in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic selfsacrifice during World War II.
Howard Gilmore was born in Selma, Alabama, September 29, 1902 and enlisted in the Navy November 15, 1920. In 1922 he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy by competitive examination. Standingin a class of 436, Gilmore was commissioned in 1926 and reported to the battleship USS160Mississippi160. Gilmore underwent submarine training in 1930 and in the years that followed served in various submarines and at stations ashore.
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