MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. A CEREMONIAL PARADE OF TWO BATTALIONS OF U.S. MARINES TO HONOUR ...

MOUNT MARTHA, VIC. 1943-05-18. A CEREMONIAL PARADE OF TWO BATTALIONS OF U.S. MARINES TO HONOUR MEN OF THE SEVENTH AND SEVENTEENTH MARINE REGIMENTS WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES ON GUADALCANAL. MAJOR GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT, COMMANDING FIRST U.S. MARINE DIVISION, (SECOND FROM RIGHT) LISTENS TO THE READING OF THE CITATION OF GALLANTRY OF SECOND LIEUTENANT MITCHELL PAIGE, SEVENTH U.S. MARINE REGIMENT, (ON RIGHT) WHO IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FROM HIS COMMANDING GENERAL. OTHERS IN THE PICTURE ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- A U.S. ARMY PHOTOGRAPHER; FIRST LIEUTENANT GUY TARRANT, JR., AIDE TO MAJOR GENERAL VANDEGRIFT, HOLDING THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR; SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN J. AUBUCHON, ASSISTANT PLANS AND TRAINING OFFICER OF THE SEVENTH MARINES, STANDS BY WITH BOX CONTAINING MEDALS, AND COLONEL AMOR LER. SIMS, COMMANDING SEVENTH MARINE REGIMENT.