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NH 105933 Corporal Anthony P. Damato, USMC

Photo #: NH 105933 Corporal Anthony P. Damato, USMC
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Title: Corporal Anthony P. Damato, USMC
Description: He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the Second Battalion, Twenty-Second Marines, Fifth Amphibious Corps during battle against the Japanese on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands on 19-20 February 1944. When an undetected enemy approached his foxhole and threw in a grenade, Damato covered it with his body and absorbed the blast, sacrificing himself while saving his comrades. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the All Hands collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command
Catalog #: NH 105933
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