Samuel S. Triplett was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Spanish-American War. Triplett entered the Navy from the state of New York and, during the Spanish-American War, served as an Ordinary Seaman on the USS "Marblehead". On July 26 and July 27 1898, he took part in a demining operation in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Wikipedia
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