Photo #: NH 103860
Private First Class James D. La Belle, USMCR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy",
page 216.
James D. La Belle received the Medal of Honor, posthumously,
for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of
his own life" on 8 March 1945, during the Battle of Iwo
Jima.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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