The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 REGIMENT PRIOR TO A CEREMONIAL PARADE HONOURING MARINE HEROES OF GUADALCANAL. THE STAFF ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- FIRST LIEUTENANT FRANK FARRELL, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. KING, PLANS AND TRAINING OFFICER, COLONEL AMOR LER. SIMS, COMMANDING SEVENTH MARINES AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL LEWIS B. PULLER, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE REGIMENT.
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. 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
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. 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. 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. 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
