Photo #: 80-G-398900 Major John L. Smith, USMC In the cockpit of an aircraft at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. in November 1942. He received the Medal of Honor for shooting down 16 Japanese aircraft in the Solomon Islands in August-September 1942, while in command of Marine Fighting Squadron Two Hundred Twenty Three (VMF-223). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 590 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Image Posted 24 March 2009