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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:- MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST MARINE DIVISION, COLONEL M. EDSON, WHO COMMANDED A RAIDER BATTALION ON GUADALCANAL, SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, A MACHINE GUNNER AND PLATOON SERGEANT AT THE TIME OF HIS ACTION ON GUADALCANAL AND PLATOON SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE, A MACHINE GUNNER. THE LATTER TWO RECEIVED THEIR DECORATIONS FROM MAJOR GENERAL VANDEGRIFT ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT THE CEREMONIAL PARADE AT WHICH THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH MARINE REGIMENT AND RECEIVED THEIR MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY ON GUADALCANAL.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
