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Paul Tobin (Medal of Honor) — Victoria Cross

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Service Profile

Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: Landsman
Medals Recorded: 1

Paul Tobin (Medal of Honor)

Landsman, U.S. Navy

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Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor 1862–1912 Navy

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Biography

Rescued a drowning man from Hamburg Harbor’s dangerous tide.

Paul Tobin was born in Plybin, France. He served as a landsman in the United States Navy aboard USS Plymouth.

On 3 July 1871 in Hamburg Harbor, Germany, a party approaching the ship in a shore boat was thrown into a four-knot running tide. Tobin and another sailor jumped overboard at great risk and rescued one of the men from drowning.

Tobin received the Medal of Honor for the lifesaving action. His citation records a rescue made in dangerous tidal conditions with the assistance of a shipmate.

Medal of Honor citation

On board the U.S.S. Plymouth, Hamburg Harbor, 3 July 1871. Jumping overboard at the imminent risk of his life, Tobin, with a comrade, rescued from drowning one of a party who was thrown from a shore boat into a four-knot running tide while the boat was coming alongside the ship.

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