Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - . General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981. At a Recent Parade at an Allied Base in the South Pacific, Members of a Marine Regiment Received High Decorations from Major General A. A. Vandegrift, USMC, Commander at the Base, 5/21/1943.

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Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - . General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981. At a Recent Parade at an Allied Base in the South Pacific, Members of a Marine Regiment Received High Decorations from Major General A. A. Vandegrift, USMC, Commander at the Base, 5/21/1943.

1943

Original Caption: At a recent parade at an Allied base in the South Pacific, members of a Marine Regt. Received high decorations from Maj. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, USMC, Commander at the base. Posing with their regimental commander, Col. Armor L. Sims, (left) of Groveport, OH, they are (l. to r.): 2nd Lt. Mitchell Paige (Congressional Medal of Honor winner); P/Sgt. John Basilone (Congressional Medal of Honor winner); and Pfc. Billie Joe Crumption, Navy Cross

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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...