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George Frederick Phillips
George Frederick Phillips, (March 8, 1862 – June 4, 1904) was a U.S. Navy Machinist First Class who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Spanish–American War in 1899.
==Biography==
George Phillips went to Galveston, Texas where he joined the United States Navy in March 1898.〔(Profile )〕 During the Spanish–American War he was aboard ship that made its way to the entrance to the harbor at Santiago de Cuba. There, the , a 3362-ton collier, was supplying coal to U.S. warships. On June 3, 1898, in a daring attempt to bottle up the Spanish cruiser squadron, the ''Merrimac'' was scuttled inside the entrance of Santiago Harbor. Under heavy fire from the Spanish shore batteries, Machinist First Class Phillips displayed extraordinary heroism throughout this operation.
In recognition of his valor, on November 2, 1899 he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest United States military decoration.
George Phillips was discharged from the Navy in August 1903, and died in 1904 at the age of 42 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; his body was returned home to Canada where he was interred in the Fernhill Cemetery in his hometown of Saint John, New Brunswick.
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