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LC-Lot-9438-24: Major General Jonathan W. Wainwright, USA

Lot-9438-24: Major General Jonathan Wainwright, USA. From the Foxholes of Bataan: An American Hero. As badly outnumbered and battle-begrimed American forces still fought the Japanese in the foxholes and forests of Bataan Peninsula in the Luzon Islands, Philippines, Major General Jonathan Wainwright was honored for his “extraordinary heroism” in the action by the Distinguished Service Cross. He would also receive the Medal of Honor for his inspiration leadership as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. Office of War Information Photograph, February 7-16, 1942. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/01/08).
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Caption: Major General Jonathan Wainwright, USA. From the Foxholes of Bataan: An American Hero. As badly outnumbered and battle-begrimed American forces still fought the Japanese in the foxholes and forests of Bataan Peninsula in the Luzon Islands, Philippines, Major General Jonathan Wainwright was honored for his “extraordinary heroism” in the action by the Distinguished Service Cross. He would also receive the Medal of Honor for his inspiration leadership as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. Office of War Information Photograph, February 7-16, 1942. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/01/08).
Accession #: LC-Lot-9438-24
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