Question: Where was the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in WWII shot down?
Context: Robert Blake was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.  Blake was the second African American to perform a Medal of Honor action; William Harvey Carney was the first.  Blake was the first African American to actually "receive" a Medal of Honor - his was presented to him in 1864, while Carney did not receive his until 1900.  But, because Carney's Medal of Honor action occurred first, Carney, not Blake, is usually credited with being the first African American Medal of Honor recipient. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, GCB (10 November 1806 – 29 December 1896) was a Royal Navy officer.  As a captain on the North America and West Indies Station he was employed capturing slave-traders and carrying out fishery protection duties.  He served as a Junior Naval Lord under both Liberal and Conservative administrations and was put in charge of organising British and French transports during the Crimean War.  He became Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station and in this role he acted with diplomacy, especially in response to the Trent Affair on 8 November 1861 during the American Civil War, when the USS "San Jacinto", commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes, intercepted the British mail packet RMS "Trent" and removed, as contraband of war, two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell.  He became First Naval Lord in the fourth Derby ministry in July 1866 and in this role took advantage of the Government's focus on spending reduction to ask fundamental questions about naval strategy.  He again became First Naval Lord in the first Gladstone ministry in November 1872, remaining in office under the second Disraeli ministry and identifying the critical need for trade protection at times of War and demanding new cruisers to protect British merchant shipping. USS "O'Hare" (DD/DDR-889) was a "Gearing"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare, Medal of Honor recipient, who was shot down at Tarawa on 27 November 1943. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (11 April 1802 – 3 June 1861) was a Royal Navy officer.  As a captain, he took part in the capture of the Bogue forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War.  He was appointed to the command of the Fleet in the Baltic Sea, in succession to Sir Charles Napier, in February 1855 and led the naval support during the latter stages of the Crimean War, enforcing a strict blockade and carrying out the bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855.  He was appointed First Naval Lord in the second Palmerston ministry in November 1857 and then, after stepping down to be Second Naval Lord during the third Derby ministry, he stepped up again to become First Naval Lord in the third Palmerston ministry in June 1859 remaining in office until his death.  The Prime-Minister (Viscount Palmerston) described Dundas as "a most distinguished officer". The Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is located at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse.  The Memorial honors all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  The Memorial was sculpted by Doyle Glass and dedicated on Veterans Day 2001.  The Memorial features a life-size bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient John C. Squires as he would appear on the night he earned the Medal of Honor.  Squires, a native of Louisville, was killed in action in Italy during World War II.  The statue of Squires stands on a 4 ft granite base.  A plaque on the base lists the names of each recipient of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky. Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres GCB (1805 – 8 March 1884) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the Greek War of Independence, when he was involved in an attack on the Turkish forces at Morea, and later during the Crimean War.  Born into a substantial naval dynasty during the Napoleonic Wars, he eventually rose to the rank of Admiral and became First Naval Lord.  His only significant action as First Naval Lord was to press for the abolition of masts.  He went on to be Visitor and Governor of Greenwich Hospital. The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is the professional head of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service.  Originally the title was the Senior Naval Lord to the Board of Admiralty when the post was created in 1689.  The office holder was then re-styled First Naval Lord from 1771.  The concept of a professional "First Naval Lord" was introduced in 1805 and the title of the First Naval Lord was changed to "First Sea Lord" on the appointment of Sir Jackie Fisher in 1904.  From 1923 onward, the First Sea Lord was a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee; he now sits on the Defence Council and the Admiralty Board. John William Finn (23 July 1909 – 27 May 2010) was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.  As a chief aviation ordnanceman stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, he earned the medal by manning a machine gun from an exposed position throughout the attack, despite being repeatedly wounded.  He continued to serve in the Navy and in 1942 was commissioned an ensign.  In 1947 he was reverted to chief petty officer, eventually rising to lieutenant before his 1956 retirement.  In his later years he made many appearances at events celebrating veterans.  At the time of his death, Finn was the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, the last living recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the last United States Navy recipient of World War II. Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first flying ace when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine heavy bombers approaching his aircraft carrier.  Even though he had a limited amount of ammunition, he managed to shoot down or damage several enemy bombers.  On April 21, 1942, he became the first naval recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II. Commander Norman Douglas Holbrook VC (9 July 1888 – 3 July 1976) was a British naval recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award of the British honours system.  Holbrook was the first submariner to be awarded the VC and it was the first naval VC gazetted in the First World War.
Answer: Tarawa