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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 1945A
• PFC William R. Caddy, 3/26, 3 MarchA
• LtCol Justice M. Chambers, 3/25, 19–22 February
• Sgt Darrell S. Cole, 1/23, 19 FebruaryA
• 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 MarchA
• PFC James D. LaBelle, 1/27, 8 MarchA
• 2dLt John H. Leims, 1/9, 7 March
• PFC Jacklyn H. Lucas, 1/26, 20 February
• 1stLt Jack Lummus, 2/27, 8 MarchA
• Capt Joseph J. McCarthy, 2/24, 21 February
• 1stLt Harry L. Martin, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 26 MarchA
• Pvt George Phillips, 2/28, 14 MarchA
• PhM 1/c Francis J. Pierce, USN, 2/24, 15–16 March
• PFC Donald J. Ruhl, 2/28, 19–21 FebruaryA
• Pvt Franklin E. Sigler, 2/26, 14 March
• Cpl Tony Stein, 1/28, 19 FebruaryA
• PhM 2/c George Wahlen, USN, 2/26, 3 March
• GySgt William G. Walsh, 3/27, 27 FebruaryA
• 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 MarchA
• PhM 1/c John H. Willis, USN, 3/27, 28 FebruaryA