Keywords: 80-G-42471: Major Joseph N. Renner, USMC, being presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross for “daring and aggressive action” as Commanding Officer of a Marine observation squadron in the Solomon Islands in Secretary Frank Knox’s office at the Navy Department. Left to right: General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the Marine Corps; Mrs. Renner, wife of the flyer; Major Renner; Secretary Knox; and Brigadier General Louis E. Woods, USMC. Photographed: July 27, 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/17). 80-G-42471: Major Joseph N. Renner, USMC, being presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross for “daring and aggressive action” as Commanding Officer of a Marine observation squadron in the Solomon Islands in Secretary Frank Knox’s office at the Navy Department. Left to right: General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the Marine Corps; Mrs. Renner, wife of the flyer; Major Renner; Secretary Knox; and Brigadier General Louis E. Woods, USMC. Photographed: July 27, 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/05/17). |