1990 Basilone parade - Somerset - Messenger Gazette, Sept. 19, 20, 1990
John Basilone
John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who was killed in action during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal Campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II. --Wikipedia
Links
Raritan Library Archives
This project was funded by the Marine Corps Detachment 1284 and organized and entered on the web by Bruce Doorly.
Earned Medals
Basilone Memorial Foundation
Sgt. John Basilone Foundation
Basilone Parade
Women Marines Association
John Basilone Media Gallery
2002 Basilone parade - Courier News, Sept. 27, 2002
2005 Basilone parade - Courier News, Set. 23, 2005
2014 Basilone parade - Courier News, Sept. 15, 2014
2014 Basilone parade - BReeze, Oct. 2014
An American Hero - Courier News, Sept. 27, 2002
Basilone's Service - Somerset -Messenger Gazette, Sept. 19, 20, 1990
Honor Room - Somerset -Messenger Gazette, Sept. 19, 20, 1990
John Basilone Gunnery Sargent, USMC - printed/distributed by UNICO, Somerville, NJ
Parade history - Somerset -Messenger Gazette, Sept. 19, 20, 1990
Returning Hero 1944 - Somerset -Messenger Gazette, Sept. 19, 20, 1990
US Postal Stamp - Somerset Messenger-Gazzette, Nov. 19, 2005