The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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) AFTER BEING DECORATED WITH THE NAVY CROSS AT A REGIMENTAL PARADE OF THE SEVENTH MARINES. OTHER MEN TO BE DECORATED, BACKED BY THE COLOUR GUARD, KEENLY WATCH THEIR COMRADE. THE FRONT RANK ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE S. PLANTIER, SEVENTH MARINES, (SILVER STAR); PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WAYNE K. TALBERT, SEVENTH MARINES (SILVER STAR); CORPORAL JOSEPH J. CATALE, SEVENTEENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, (SILVER STAR) AND CORPORAL RONALD K. DURRETT AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PHILLIP B. KENNEY, BOTH OF SEVENTEENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT AND BOTH MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. THE COLOUR GUARD ARE, CORPORAL CHARLES F. THOMPSON, (HOLDING COLOUR) AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HERBERT L. BLAKE.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
