MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT (LEFT), COMMANDING FIRST U.S. ...

MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT (LEFT), COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, CONGRATULATES SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, FOLLOWING THE FORMER'S PRESENTATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR AT A CEREMONIAL PARADE OF TWO BATTALIONS OF MARINES. MAJOR GENERAL VANDEGRIFT WAS HIMSELF, DURING A RECENT VISIT TO THE STATES, PRESENTED WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THE GUADALCANAL OPERATIONS BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, A MACHINE GUNNER, WAS A PLATOON SERGEANT AT THE TIME OF HIS ACTION ON GUADALCANAL. THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR IS THE U.S. NATION'S HIGHEST WARTIME AWARD AND CORRESPONDS TO THE BRITISH V.C.