Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te Perehitini o te Hononga o Amerika, 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 whakaharahara 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 te 22 o Hui-tanguru 1865
He aha? 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.