Cool and Steady, Lt. Commander S. G. Fuqua calmed the survivors of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor
Born at Laddonia, Missouri, on October 15, 1899, Samuel Glenn Fuqua (“Sam”) was awarded the Medal of Honor for service as a Captain aboard the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese sneak attack which started World War II in the Pacific. He was a 1923 graduate of the …