The USS Cole was named to honor the life and service of Marine Sergeant Darrell Samuel Cole (1920-1945) who was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Iwo Jima campaign in February 1945. Photo taken in 1996.
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Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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