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| PERSONALIA |
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Cushman, Robert Everton, Jr. |
| Date of birth: | December 24th, 1914 (St. Paul/Minnesota, United States)
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January 2nd, 1985 (Fort Washington, Maryland, United States)
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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American |
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BRONZE STAR (BSM)
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Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division "Fighting Third", U.S. Marine Corps
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For action performed on the island Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea.
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With "V" combat device.
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NAVY CROSS
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Lieutenant Colonel
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2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division "Fighting Third", U.S. Marine Corps
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The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Robert Everton Cushman, Jr. (0-5062), Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer of the Second Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Guam, Marianas Islands, from 21 July to 20 August 1944. When his Battalion was ordered to seize and hold a strongly organized and defended enemy strong point which had been holding up the advance for some days on 25 July, Lieutenant Colonel Cushman directed the attacks of his Battalion and the repulse of numerous Japanese counterattacks, fearlessly exposing himself to heavy hostile rifle, machine-gun and mortar fire in order to remain in the front lines and obtain first-hand knowledge of the enemy situation. Following three days of bitter fighting culminating in a heavy Japanese counterattack which pushed back the flank of his Battalion on 28 July, he personally led a platoon into the gap and, placing it for defense, repelled the hostile force. By his inspiring leadership, courage and devotion to duty, he contributed materially to the success of the mission with the annihilation of one enemy Battalion and the rout of another, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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SPOT AWARD, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific: Serial 00420.
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LEGION OF MERIT - US MILITARY
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Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division "Fighting Third", U.S. Marine Corps
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For action performed on the island Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Japan.
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With "V" combat device.
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| Information source(s): |
- Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present, by C. Douglas Sterner
- Aurthur, R.A. & Cohlmia, K., The Third Marine Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1989
- Clark, G.B., The Six Marine Divisions in the Pacific – Every Campaign of World War II, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA, 2006
- Homeofheroes.com
- Wikipedia.org
- Arlington Cemetery.net
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