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80-G-K-15412 (Color) Major John L. Smith, USMC

Photo #: 80-G-K-15412 (Color) Major John L. Smith, USMC
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Title: (Color) Major John L. Smith, USMC
Description: In an aircraft cockpit at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, Washington D.C. in November 1942. He received the Medal of Honor for shooting down 16 Japanese aircraft in the Solomons in August-September 1942, while in command of Marine Fighting Squadron Two Hundred Twenty Three (VMF-223). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-K-15412
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