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MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. ESCORTED BY THE COLOUR GUARD, EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS STAND BEFORE THE REVIEWING STAND. THEY ARE TO BE DECORATED FOR GALLANTRY ON GUADALCANAL BY MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION. THOSE IN THE FRONT ROW AND THE DECORATIONS THEY ARE TO RECEIVE ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR; PLATOON SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR; PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BILLIE J. CRUMPTON, NAVAL CROSS; FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE S. PLANTIER, SILVER STAR; FIRST CLASS PRIVATE WAYNE K. TALBERT, SILVER STAR; CORPORAL JOSEPH J. CATALE, SILVER STAR; CORPORAL RONALD K. DURRETT, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES; AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PHILLIP B. KENNEY, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. THE COLOUR GUARD IN REAR IS:- PRIVATE FIRST CLASS S. J. PUZACKE, SERGEANT W. R. SANNER, (OBSCURED), CORPORAL C. F. THOMPSON AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS H. L. BLAKE.
MOUNT MARTHA. VIC. 1943-05-18. LIEUTENANT COLONEL LEWIS B. PULLER, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF 7TH UNITED STATES MARINE REGIMENT AND THE HOLDER OF THREE NAVY CROSSES, PROUDLY LEADS EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE UNITE
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS RECEIVE OFFICIAL CITATIONS FOLLOWING A DECORATION PARADE. CITATIONS ARE PRESENTED IN THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY T
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BILLIE JOE CRUMPTON, SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT SHAKES HANDS WITH MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, (RIGHT) AF
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT (LEFT), COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WAYNE K. TALBERT, SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, EXCHANGE SALUTES AFT
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT (LEFT), COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, CONGRATULATES SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, FOLLOWING THE
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. FOLLOWING A CEREMONIAL PARADE BY THE SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, THE FOUR HOLDERS OF CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS OF HONOR IN THE FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, POSE FOR PHOTOGRA
