Keywords: portrait people 80-G-27121: Major John L. Smith, USMC. During the Guadalcanal Campaign, between August 21 and September 15, he shot down 16 enemy planes, contributing to Japan’s inability to drive U.S. Forces from Guadalcanal. For his achievement during this period, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Photograph released December 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/06). 80-G-27121: Major John L. Smith, USMC. During the Guadalcanal Campaign, between August 21 and September 15, he shot down 16 enemy planes, contributing to Japan’s inability to drive U.S. Forces from Guadalcanal. For his achievement during this period, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Photograph released December 1942. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/06). |