Image:Holcomb Thomas USMC K14076.jpg

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General Thomas Holcomb, USMC receives the congratulations of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, upon being presented with the Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his service as Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 December 1936 to 1 January 1944. The presentation took place in Secretary Knox' office on 12 April 1944. Looking on are Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant of the Marine Corps (right) and Colonel James Roosevelt.

Source

From the U.S. Naval Historical Center
JPG file: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k14000/k14076.jpg

Date

12 April 1944

Author

Official United States Navy photograph #80-G-K-14076; now in the collection of the National Archive

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Public domain as a work of the United States Navy


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