Reinhardt J. Keppler
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Reinhardt John Keppler was an American navy serviceman who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II.
Boatswain's Mate 1/c Reinhardt J. Keppler
Keppler's headstone
Boatswain
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A boatswain is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull. The boatswain supervises the other members of the ship's deck department and typicall
The boatswain aboard a US merchant ship stands cargo watch as freight is lowered into an open hatch, c. 1981
c. 1820 illustration of a Royal Navy boatswain
Boatswain of Felix von Luckner's yacht Seeteufel, smoking a pipe and hosing the vessel's deck
Henri 'the Boatswain' Etiévant's mugshot by Alphonse Bertillon (Anthropometric File of Anarchists - 1894)