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Photo #: NH 103873
Private George Phillips, USMCR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy",
page 241.
George Phillips received the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for
his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of
his life" on 14 March 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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