Photo #: NH 106215
First Lieutenant William D. Hawkins, USMCR
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 204.
William D. Hawkins was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "valorous
and gallant conduct" while serving as Commanding Officer of a Scout
Sniper Platoon against Japanese forces at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the fall of
1943.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 75KB; 605 x 765 pixels
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