George Watson (Medal of Honor)
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George Watson was a United States Army private who died while rescuing fellow soldiers from drowning at sea during World War II. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on March 8, 1943, near Porlock Harbor, New Guinea.
George Watson (Medal of Honor)
Survivors from the Jacob cling to wreckage before they are rescued
Image: Armymoh
SS 's Jacob
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SS 's Jacob was a passenger steamship that was launched in the Netherlands in 1907 and sunk by enemy action off New Guinea in 1943. She spent most of her career with Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij, based in the Dutch East Indies.
's Jacob in port in Makassar, about 1907–14
Chinese labourers froon Shantou disembarking from 's Jacob at Belawan to work on Sumatran tobacco plantations, about 1907–15
Survivors from 's Jacob about to be rescued by HMAS Bendigo (out of picture), 8 March 1943.