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- Birth nameJoseph Timothy O'Callahan
- Joseph O'Callahan was born on May 14, 1905 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He died on March 18, 1964 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Navy chaplain on board the aircraft carrier USS Franklin when it was bombed by a Japanese plane in March 1945 (see plot summary for The Ship That Wouldn't Die (1945). Received the Medal of Honor for his actions subsequent to the bombing.
- The USS O'Callahan, a U.S. Navy destroyer escort (DE-1051) later reclassified as a frigate (FF-1051), was named in his honor.
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