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80-G-43479: Navy Cross: Lieutenant Colonel Leonard B. Cresswell, USMC

80-G-43479: Lieutenant Colonel Leonard B. Cresswell, USMC, wearing the Navy Cross awarded him for “extraordinary heroism.” Colonel Cresswell led a battalion of Marines on Guadalcanal around the rear of a Japanese regiment over difficult terrain and through dense jungle. By skillfully maneuvering his troops and strategically placing his men, the Marines were able to trap and dispose of almost a thousand Japanese as they attempted to across the Tenaru River to gain control of the vital Henderson Airfield. Photograph released October 28, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/8/18).
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Caption: Lieutenant Colonel Leonard B. Cresswell, USMC, wearing the Navy Cross awarded him for “extraordinary heroism.” Colonel Cresswell led a battalion of Marines on Guadalcanal on 21 August 1942 around the rear of a Japanese regiment over difficult terrain and through dense jungle. By skillfully maneuvering his troops and strategically placing his men, the Marines were able to trap and dispose of almost a thousand Japanese as they attempted to across the Tenaru River to gain control of the vital Henderson Airfield. Photograph released October 28, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/8/18).
Accession #: 80-G-43479
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