Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - . Photographic Reference File, ca. 1940 - ca. 1958. General – Medal of Honor – World War II.

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Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - . Photographic Reference File, ca. 1940 - ca. 1958. General – Medal of Honor – World War II.

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John Basilone, Gunnery Sergeant, (then sergeant), of Raritan, New Jersey, awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the face of a savage Japanese frontal attack one night on Guadalcanal while manning strategically located machine gun. Awarded in field by dispatch 12 April 1943. (First Marine Division).

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Basilone, John, 1916-1945

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John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal Campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 3, 1940, after serving three years...