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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 GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, (SECOND FROM RIGHT) LISTENS TO THE READING OF THE CITATION OF GALLANTRY OF SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, (ON RIGHT) WHO IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FROM HIS COMMANDING GENERAL. OTHERS IN THE PICTURE ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- A U.S. ARMY PHOTOGRAPHER; FIRST LIEUTENANT GUY TARRANT, JR., AIDE TO MAJOR GENERAL VANDEGRIFT, HOLDING THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR; SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN J. AUBUCHON, ASSISTANT PLANS AND TRAINING OFFICER OF THE SEVENTH MARINES, STANDS BY WITH BOX CONTAINING MEDALS, AND COLONEL AMOR LER. SIMS, COMMANDING SEVENTH MARINE REGIMENT.
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
MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIMENTAL STAFF OF THE SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, MAJOR-GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, (RIGHT) INSPECTS THE REGI
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 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. 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
