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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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    Image Posted 20 November 2008