DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 93486
Private First Class Richard B. Anderson, USMC
Who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous
gallantry and intrepidity" on 1 February 1944 during action
against the Japanese at Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall
Islands when he sacrificed his own life to save three fellow
Marines.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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