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George Phillips went to Galveston, Texas where he joined the United States Navy. During the Spanish-American War he was aboard ship that made its way to the entrance to the harbor at Santiago de Cuba. There, the USS Merrimac (1898) , a 3362-ton collier was supplying coal to U.S. warships. On June 3, 1898, in a daring attempt to bottle up the Spanish cruiser squadron, the Merrimac was scuttled inside the entrance of Santiago Harbor. Under heavy fire from the Spanish shore batteries, Machinist First Class Phillips displayed extraordinary heroism throughout this operation.

In recognition of his valor, on November 2November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. Events 676 Donus becomes Pope. 1772 American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence., 1899Events January events January 1 End of Spanish rule in Cuba. January 1 Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City. January 3 The first known use of the word " automobile", in an editorial in the New York Times''. January 6 Lord Curzon becomes a vic he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in' highest military decoration.

George Phillips died at the age of 42 in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1904 and his body was returned home to Canada where he was interred in the Fernhill CemeteryFernhill Cemetery originally known as the Rural Cemetery at the time it opened in 1848, is located at 200 Westmorland Road in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Renamed Fernhill in 1899, the 125 acre (0. 5 km²) cemetery has a special section for veterans in his hometown of Saint John, New Brunswick.