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Description Visiting Guadalcanal on 30 September, Adm Chester W. Nimitz, CinCPac, took time to decorate LtCol Evans C. Carlson, CO, 2d Raider Battalion; MajGen Vandegrift, in rear; and, from left, BGen William H. Rupertus, ADC; Col Merritt A. Edson, CO, 5th Marines; LtCol Edwin A. Pollock, CO 2d Battalion, 1st Marines; Maj John L. Smith, CO, VMF-223.
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Department of Defense (USMC) Photo 50883 from Shaw, Henry I. Jr. (1992) "October and the Japanese Offensive", [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Guadalcanal.html First Offensive:

The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal], Marines in World War II Commemorative Series, Washington, D.C.: Marine Corps Historical Center, United States Marine Corps.
Author Department of Defense (USMC) Photo 50883
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