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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 THE SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT, WHO IN THIS CASE WAS MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION. IN THE CASE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR, PRESENTATION IS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT, BY THE SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT. THE LINE-UP IS, LEFT TO RIGHT:- PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BILLIE JOE CRUMPTON, NAVY CROSS; FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE S. PLANTIER, SILVER STAR MEDAL; PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WAYNE K. TALBERT, SILVER STAR MEDAL; THESE THREE ARE OF SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, THE OTHER THREE, CORPORAL JOSEPH J. CATALE, SILVER STAR; CORPORAL RONALD K. DURRETT, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PHILLIP B. KENNEY, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, ARE OF THE SEVENTEENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT.
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. 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
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. MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT (LEFT), COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, CONGRATULATES SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, FOLLOWING THE
