Photo #: NH 106213
First Lieutenant Robert M. Hanson, USMCR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 201.
Robert M. Hanson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity" while serving as a Fighter Pilot attached to Marine Fighting Squadron Two Hundred Fifteen (VMF-215)
against Japanese forces over Bougainville Island and New Britain Island, from 1 November 1943 to 24 January 1944.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 60KB; 580 x 765 pixels
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