Medal of Honor Plaque- 4th Marine Division
Details:
Between the flagpoles. Plaque
A brass inscribed plaque mounted to a concrete base.
The plaque remembers four Marines who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the 4th Marine Division landings and Battle of Kwajalein in February 1944. The 4th Marine Division landed on Roi and Namur Islands on the northern side of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
These landings were part of Operation Flintlock of the Eastern Mandate Campaign.
Monument Text:
MEDAL OF HONOR
MEN OF UNCOMMON VIRTUE WHO PERFORMED WITH
UNCOMMON VALOR
PFC RICHARD B. ANDERSON LT.COL. A. JAMES DYESS
4TH MARINE DIVISION WORLD WAR II
- Symbol of the 4th Marine Division-
1ST LT. JOHN V. POWER PVT RICHARD K. SORENSON
FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY
1-2 FEBRUARY 1944
ROI- NAMUR ISLANDS, KWAJALEIN ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS
THEIR DEEDS WERE IN THE HIGHEST TRADITION
OF US NAVAL SERVICE
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
4th Marine Division
Amphibious Corps V
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Pacific Theater
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