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NH 93486-A Private First Class Richard B. Anderson, USMC

Photo #: NH 93486-A Private First Class Richard B. Anderson, USMC
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Title: Private First Class Richard B. Anderson, USMC
Description: Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy, page 150. Richard B. Anderson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity on 1 February 1944 during action against the Japanese at Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands when he sacrificed his own life to save three fellow Marines. This image is a retouched version of that seen in Photo #: NH 93486. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 93486-A
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