US Navy BM2 Owen Hammerberg: Medal of Honor Recipient WWII On February 17, 1945, Navy Diver Owen Hammerberg risked everything during a perilous rescue at West Loch, Pearl Harbor. When two fellow divers became trapped under 40 feet of water and 20 feet of mud while working beneath a sunken LST, Hammerberg dove into the wreckage without hesitation. Navigating total darkness and shifting steel debris, he freed the first diver and helped bring him to the surface. Exhausted but determined, he returne