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MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. COMPANIES OF THE SEVENTH US MARINE REGIMENT RENDER HONOURS TO THEIR COMMANDING GENERAL, MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST US MARINE DIVISION, WHO PRESENTED DECORATIONS TO THE MEN OF THE REGIMENT WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES ON GUADALCANAL.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
