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President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Coxswain William Shipman, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving on board the U.S.S. TICONDEROGA in the attack upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on
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