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Description 80-G-27121: Major John L. Smith, USMC. During the Guadalcanal Campaign, between August 21 and September 15, he shot down 16 enemy planes, contributing to Japan’s inability to drive U.S. Forces from Guadalcanal. For his achievement during this period, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Photograph released December 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/06).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/30661191443 (archive). It was reviewed on 13 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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