Description: | A hero in the family. Tony Duenas, the only Guam native to win the Silver Star in this war, poses with his wife and their four children after he had been presented with the decoration by Major General Henry L. Larson, USMC, Island Commander of Guam. Duenas won the medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a deputized guide and scout for the Marines during the operation that climaxed in the reoccupation on Guam by US forces. June 7, 1945. National Archives. |
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