Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
Twenty-seven men received the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity during the battle of Iwo Jima: 22 Marines, four Navy corpsmen, and one Navy landing craft commander. Exactly half of the awards issued to Marines and corpsmen of the V Amphibious Corps were posthumous. Within a larger institutional context, Iwo Jima represented more than one-fourth of the 80 Medals of Honor awarded Marines during the Second World War. This was Iwo Jima’s Roll of Honor:
- Cpl Charles J. Berry, 1/26, 3 March 1945[A]
- PFC William R. Caddy, 3/26, 3 March[A]
- LtCol Justice M. Chambers, 3/25, 19–22 February
- Sgt Darrell S. Cole, 1/23, 19 February[A]
- Capt Robert Dunlap, 1/26, 20–21 February
- Sgt Ross F. Gray, 1/25, 21 February
- Sgt William G. Harrell, 1/28, 3 March
- Lt Rufus G. Herring, USNR, LCI 449, 17 February
- PFC Douglas T. Jacobson, 3/23, 26 February
- PltSgt Joseph J. Julian, 1/27, 9 March[A]
- PFC James D. LaBelle, 1/27, 8 March[A]
- 2dLt John H. Leims, 1/9, 7 March
- PFC Jacklyn H. Lucas, 1/26, 20 February
- 1stLt Jack Lummus, 2/27, 8 March[A]
- Capt Joseph J. McCarthy, 2/24, 21 February
- 1stLt Harry L. Martin, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 26 March[A]
- Pvt George Phillips, 2/28, 14 March[A]
- PhM 1/c Francis J. Pierce, USN, 2/24, 15–16 March
- PFC Donald J. Ruhl, 2/28, 19–21 February[A]
- Pvt Franklin E. Sigler, 2/26, 14 March
- Cpl Tony Stein, 1/28, 19 February[A]
- PhM 2/c George Wahlen, USN, 2/26, 3 March
- GySgt William G. Walsh, 3/27, 27 February[A]
- Pvt Wilson D. Watson, 2/9, 26–27 February
- Cpl Hershel W. Williams, 1/21, 23 February
- PhM 3/c Jack Williams, USN, 3/28, 3 March[A]
- PhM 1/c John H. Willis, USN, 3/27, 28 February[A]
[A] Posthumous
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