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Description 80-G-347881: Major Louis H. Wilson, Jr., USMC, received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while serving as Commanding Officer of a Rifle Company attached to Second Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine Division in action against the Japanese at Fonte Hill, Guam, 25-26 July 1944. 1n 1975, Wilson became the Twenty-Sixth Commandant of the Marine Corps. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/24).
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/22673153604 (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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