Three personalities of the Cactus Air Force pose after receiving the Navy Cross from Adm Nimitz on 30 September 1942. From left: Maj John L. Smith, Maj Robert E. Galer, and Capt Marion E. Carl.
Capt. Stanley S. Nicolay, U.S. Marine Corps
Taken on 30 September 1942
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