Additional information:
https://dvs.ohio.gov/hall-of-fame/honorees/medal-of-honor-recipients/Donald-A-Gary.

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-f/uss-franklin-cv-13/80-g-701805.html.



Commander Donald A. Gary (World War II) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftrosecrans.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Navy as an engineering officer attached to the USS Franklin, for actions when the vessel was attacked in the Japanese Home Islands near Kobe, Japan, March 19, 1945. Gary died in 1977.  https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=407.
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President Truman presents Donald Gary's Medal of Honor.

DONALD A GARY

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