A couple of the least deserved Medals of Honor ever. Two senior officers merely doing their duties until an explosion got them. By that standard, everyone who doesn’t pull an Eddie Slovik and is killed in action deserves one.
My uncle could never understand why the Navy had all their fleet ships and aircraft moored and parked so nicely. He did notice the carriers were out to sea. He had made a stop over before deploying to the Far East and could never stop wondering, until the attack on December 7 occurred.