Clyde A. Thomason
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Sergeant Clyde A. Thomason was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism at the cost of his life while leading an assault during the raid on Makin Island on Augus
Sgt Clyde A. Thomason, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient
Amy M. Thomason receives her stepson's Medal of Honor from James Forrestal at a January 1943 ceremony in the Navy Department. Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb (right), Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, was among those present.
James Roosevelt
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James Roosevelt II was an American businessman, Marine officer, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an offi
Clyde A. Thomason
…he wanted to be "where things are happening." He refused to accept assignments which would keep him away from action. He wrote of Carlson and of Major James Roosevelt, second in command. During the raid on Makin Island, Carlson selected Thomason to lead the advance element against the Japanese garrison. Thomason was…
Roosevelt in 1962
Roosevelt in the Harvard University yearbook, 1930
Roosevelt (right) with his father in 1937
Roosevelt as a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel in World War II