<prompt> Tlatša polelo ye e latelago:  <response>: Mafelelong a Ntwa ya Pacific, Long o ile a lokollwa ke Brigadier General Merritt A. Edson ka June 30, 1945, gomme a boela United States. Ka morago o ile a romelwa tikologong ya San Diego gomme a tloša Mokolonele John Groff, yo a hlanketšego bjalo ka molaodi wa nakwana wa Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Ka baka la tirelo ya gagwe le Service Command, FMFPac, Long o ile a amogela sefoka sa gagwe sa bobedi sa Legion of Merit. 