Legion of Merit

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Best, Wendell H.		20-28 November 1943
Bradshaw, Capt. John T.		20-23 November 1943
Brice, William O.		20 November 1943 to 15 March 1944
Cook, Jessie S.		20-28 November 1943
Culhane jr., Major Thomas A.		20-23 November 1943
Edson, Lt Col. Merrit "Red Mike"	257	20-28 November 1943
Lynch, S/Sgt. Maurice J.		20-24 November 1943
Kelly, Lt. Francis W.		20-24 November 1943
Nelson, Clyde R.		20-28 November 1943
Van Ness, Cornelius P.		20-28 November 1943

Thanks to Jon Hoffman and Vernon Bryant for information and corrections.

Please send any information on the eleven other Marines who were awarded the Legion of Merit for actions on Tarawa..

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