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STORIES OF THE MEN
CROUTER, Mark Hanna,
Commander
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Born 3 October
1897 in Baker, Oreg., graduated from the
Naval Academy 7 June 1919. After
extensive service at sea and ashore, he
served as first engineering officer in
Enterprise (CV-6), and from 11 May 1942
was executive officer in San Francisco
(CA-38). In the night Naval Battle of
Guadalcanal of 12 and 13 November 1942,
when an outnumbered American force
turned a Japanese raiding group back
from its intended attack on shipping off
Guadalcanal, Commander Crouter was
severely wounded early in the action,
but insisted on remaining at his station
to play his part in fighting the ship
until killed. His courageous devotion to
duty was recognized with a posthumous
award of the Navy Cross.
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