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NH 106453-A Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., USMCR

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Title: Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., USMCR
Description: Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy, page 261. Luther Skaggs Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Squad Leader with a Mortar Section of a Rifle Company in the Third Battalion, Third Marines, Third Marine Division in action against the Japanese on the Asan-Adelup Beachhead, Guam, Marianas Islands on 21-22 July 1944. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 106453-A
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