The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 FORMER'S PRESENTATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE OF TWO BATTALIONS OF MARINES. MAJOR GENERAL VANDEGRIFT WAS HIMSELF, DURING A RECENT VISIT TO THE STATES, PRESENTED WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THE GUADALCANAL OPERATIONS BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, A MACHINE GUNNER, WAS A PLATOON SERGEANT AT THE TIME OF HIS ACTION ON GUADALCANAL. THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR IS THE U.S. NATION'S HIGHEST WARTIME AWARD AND CORRESPONDS TO THE BRITISH V.C.
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. FOUR MEMBERS OF THE FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR, THE U.S. NATION'S HIGHEST WAR TIME AWARD. LEFT TO RIGHT, THEY ARE:- MA
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. A CEREMONIAL PARADE OF TWO BATTALIONS OF U.S. MARINES TO HONOUR MEN OF THE SEVENTH AND SEVENTEENTH MARINE REGIMENTS WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES ON GUADALCANAL. MAJOR GE
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
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. A VERY PROUD MOMENT IN THIS U.S. MARINE'S LIFE WHEN HE RECEIVES A DECORATION FROM HIS COMMANDING GENERAL. HE IS PLATOON SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE (RIGHT) OF THE SEVENTH U.S
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 GEN
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. IN HONOUR OF THEIR COMRADES WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES ON GUADALCANAL, THESE MARINES OF THE SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT STAND TO AND SALUTE AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE OF
