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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 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND THE COLOUR GUARD TO THE REVIEWING STAND AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE TO HONOUR MEN OF THE MARINES WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES ON GUADALCANAL. LEFT TO RIGHT, THE EIGHT TO BE DECORATED ARE: 2ND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOUR; PLATOON SERGEANT JOHN BASILONE, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOUR; PRIVATE 1ST CLASS BILLIE J. CRUMPTON, NAVAL CROSS; 1ST LIEUTENANT GEORGE S. PLANTIER, SILVER STAR AND PRIVATE 1ST CLASS WAYNE K. TALBERT, SILVER STAR, ALL OF 7TH UNITED STATES MARINE REGIMENT, AND CORPORAL JOSEPH J. CATTALE, SILVER STAR, CORPORAL RONALD K. DURRETT, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES AND PRIVATE 1ST CLASS PHILLIP B. KENNEY, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. THE THREE LATTER ARE OF THE 7TH UNITED STATES MARINE REGIMENT. THE VISIBLE MEMBER OF THE COLOUR GUARD IS CORPORAL CHARLES F. THOMPSON, 7TH UNITED STATES 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. 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. 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. THE COLOUR GUARD OF THE 7TH UNITED STATES MARINE REGIMENT AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE WHEN MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT WERE DECORATED FOR GALLANTRY ON GUADALCANAL. LEFT TO RIGHT:
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
