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Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Major General Frederick Funston, US Army
CITATION: COL, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Action: At Rio Grande de la Pampanga, Luzon, Philippine Islands Date: April 27, 1899 Inducted: Iola, Kansas. Born: Springfield, Ohio Issued: February 14, 1900 Crossed the river on a raft and by his skill and daring enabled the general commanding to carry the enemy's entrenched position on the north bank of the river and to drive him with great loss from the important strategic position of Calumpit.
Even after his death, the name Funston surfaced in another war World War II. As a final tribute, the USS FREDERICK FUNSTON (APA-89) was launched on September 27, 1941, and was sponsored by Miss Barbara E. Funston. After serving with the Army Transportation Corps Fleet out of Seattle, the FREDERICK FUNSTON received six battle stars for her World War II service. She was turned to naval custody when the Military Sea Transportation Service was formed in 1950.
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