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Photo #: NH 106453-A

Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., USMCR

Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 261.
Luther Skaggs Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while serving as a Squad Leader with a Mortar Section of a Rifle Company in the Third Battalion, Third Marines, Third Marine Division in action against the Japanese on the Asan-Adelup Beachhead, Guam, Marianas Islands on 21-22 July 1944.

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    Image Posted 19 March 2009