MILITARY · WAR MEMORIAL

Basilone Memorial Bridge

Woodbridge, New Jersey
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Gunnery Sergeant John A. Basilone of Raritan, NJ, United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism at Guadalcanal in 1942 and was killed in action at Iwo Jima in 1945; his memory was dedicated on November 30, 1951.
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Woodbridge, New Jersey · United States

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