The Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal was a United States military award of the Second World War, which was awarded to any member of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theat
Photograph of an Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with one silver campaign star and two bronze campaign stars, representing seven campaigns.
Alexander Archer Vandegrift was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps four-star general, Medal of Honor recipient, and a Commandant of the Marine Corps. During World War II, he commanded the 1
18th Commandant of the Marine Corps (1944–1947)
Vandegrift as a first lieutenant, around 1915
MajGen Vandegrift, 1942, in his command tent on Guadalcanal
Vandegrift in 1945 as Commandant of the Marine Corps.