John Mccarton

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Ship’s Printer John McCarton, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct in jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire off Coasters Harbor Island, near Newport, Rhode Island, 4 January 1882, and endeavoring to rescue Jabez Smith, Second Class Musician, from drowning.