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Photo #: NH 89581-KN (Color) Private First Class Charles H. Roan, USMCR Portrait of the namesake of USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853), painted by an unidentified artist. It was originally displayed on board that ship. PFC Charles H. Roan was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while serving with the Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division in action against the Japanese on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 18 September 1944. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 50KB; 570 x 765 pixels

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Image Posted 9 March 2009
Edited and reposted 5 October 2009