Photo #: NH 103788
Private First Class William R. Caddy, USMCR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy",
page 165.
William R. Caddy received the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for
"conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" on 3 March
1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, when he sacrificed his own
life by diving on a grenade to protect other men of his platoon.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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