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Major General Ralph J. Mitchell awarding a medal to Captain James E. Swett (ddr-njpa-1-898)
Caption on reverse: "U.S. Marine receives highest award. Captain James E. Swett (left), U.S. Marine Corps flier, receives the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for heroism, from Major General Ralph J. Mitchell of the U.S. Marine Corps, commander of Allied air forces in the Solomon Islands area, at an informal ceremony at a …