Photo #: NH 103911
Gunnery Sergeant William G. Walsh, USMCR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy",
page 276.
William G. Walsh received the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for
"extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty" on 27 February 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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