The final dive of Navy Medal of Honor diver Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg
In this episode of Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories, we descend beneath the surface of Pearl Harbor to the cold, black mud of West Loch, where Navy diver Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg made his final, selfless dive. We follow his journey from small-town Michigan to the demanding world of deep sea salvage, then into the collapsing tunnel under a sunken landing ship where two of his shipmates were trapped. As Hammerberg fights mud, twisted steel, and time itself, his decision to go back again and again—ultimately giving his life to shield another diver—reveals how extraordinary courage can unfold far from any battlefield, yet still stand among the highest acts of valor in the Second World War.
