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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-02-22. ARMOURED CARS OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS THAT TOOK PART IN A BIG PARADE IN WHICH A LARGE UNIT OF THE MARINE CORPS WHO HAD FOUGHT IN GUADALCANAL MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF MELBOURNE. THE SALUTE WAS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, SIR WINSTON DUGAN, KCMG, CB, DSO, AND ALSO ON THE SALUTING BASE WERE GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, THE AMERICAN MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA, MR. NELSON T. JOHNSON, AND THE LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE, COUNCILLOR T.S. NETTLEFOLD, OBE.
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