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The Coast Guard's only Medal of Honor recipient died rescuing Marines
Over a month into the hellish fight for control of Guadalcanal ... the nation's highest military honor in May 1943, with ...
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World War II Marine and Guadalcanal Veteran Walt Travis Turns 101
World War II veteran Walt Travis recently celebrated his 101st birthday in style with three celebrations: a private family ...
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Army & Navy – MARINES: Edson’s Star
For what he did on Guadalcanal, Merritt Edson, one of the Corps’s great small-arms experts, won the Congressional Medal of Honor and the ... lashing fire of Tarawa marines saw him again.
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Army & Navy – MARINES: Well in Hand
His successor: 56-year-old Lieut. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, hero of Guadalcanal, Medal-of-Honor man and one of the Marines’ crack administrators. Three Stars and History. Tommy ...
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75 years ago, Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone was killed in battle at Iwo Jima
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism on Oct. 24, 1942, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. “While the enemy was hammering at the Marines’ defensive ...