John Basilone (1916-1945) was a US Marine gunnery sergeant. In October 1942 he held a machine-gun position during the Japanese assault near Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and received the Medal of Honor. He later volunteered to return to combat and was killed on Iwo Jima in February 1945, earning the Navy Cross posthumously.
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