In a White House ceremony, former Cpl Anthony Casamento, a machine gun squad leader in the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, was decorated by President Jimmy Carter on 22 August 1980, 38 years after the battle for Guadalcanal. Looking on are Casamento's wife and daughters PVT. Michael Ciaverelli and Gen Robert H. Barrow, Marine Commandant.
Taken on 22 August 1980
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