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| Description | Lot 9431-18: Heroes of the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur pins the Distinguished Service Cross on a member of his forces – Captain Jesus Villamor, the first Filipino hero to receive the high award. This picture, taken soon after the Japanese invasion, is among the first photographs received of action during the war in the Philippines. The Distinguished Service Cross is the U.S. Army’s version of the Navy Cross. Villamor received the award for his actions in December 1941. The Philippines would fall in the spring of 1942 to the Japanese, and U.S. would not return until October 1944 Office of War Information photograph. (10/2/2015). |
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| Source | Lot 9431-18 |
| Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navy |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/21727305440 (archive). It was reviewed on 11 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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