Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - . General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981. Major General A. A. Vandegrift, USMC, Marine Guadalcanal Commander, Stands with Men of His Command After Decorating Marine Heroes of Guadalcanal at an Allied Pacific Base Recently, 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. Major General A. A. Vandegrift, USMC, Marine Guadalcanal Commander, Stands with Men of His Command After Decorating Marine Heroes of Guadalcanal at an Allied Pacific Base Recently, 5/21/1943.

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Original Caption: Major General A. A. Vandegrift, USMC, Marine Guadalcanal commander, stands with men of his command after decorating Marine heroes of Guadalcanal at an Allied Pacific base recently. Front row (l-r): General Vandegrift; Col. Amor LeR. Sims, commander of a Marine regiment; 2nd Lt. Mitchell Paige (Congressional Medal of Honor winner); P/Sgt. John Basilone (Congressional Medal of Honor winner). Behind the General is his aide, 1st Lt. Guy M. Turrant. Captain John S. Day, adjutant for a Marine regiment, stands behind Col. Sims

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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...