Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Perehitini o te United States of America, i runga i te ingoa o te Kaunihera, e hari ana ki te whakawhiwhi i te Tohu Whakahonore ki te Kapene o te Forecastle John P. Erickson, United States Navy, mo te toa nui i roto i te mahi i a ia e mahi ana i runga i te USS Pontoosuc i te wa o te hopu o Fort Fisher me Wilmington, North Carolina, 24 o Tihema 1864, ki
22 o Hui-tanguru 1865. I te whakatutukitanga pono o ana mahi i roto i tenei wa katoa, ko te Kapene o te Forecastle Erickson i tino whara i te whakaekenga o Fort Fisher i tukuna ai ia ki te hohipera i Portsmouth, Virginia. I taunakitia a Erickson mo tana maia, pukenga, me te makariri i te mahi i raro i te pupuhi a te hoariri.