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NH 105851 Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr., USMCR

Photo #: NH 105851 Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr., USMCR
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Title: Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr., USMCR
Description: Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy, page 169. Henry A. Courtney, Jr., was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as Executive Officer of the Second Battalion, Twenty-Second Marines, Sixth Marine Division during combat action on Okinawa during the night of 14-15 May 1945. Determined to thwart a possible Japanese counterattack on Sugar Loaf Hill, he led his men in a successful assault on enemy positions, holding the newly-captured ground until he was mortally wounded by a hostile mortar burst. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 105851
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