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Headquarters of Commander, Air, South Pacific on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Jun 1943, with USMC MGen Ralph Mitchell, USMC MGen Holland Smith, Adm Chester Nimitz, VAdm Aubrey Fitch, and Adm William Halsey in front.Raymond Spruance, Chester Nimitz, and Holland Smith at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Oct 1943
Headquarters of Commander, Air, South Pacific on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Jun 1943, with USMC MGen Ralph Mitchell, USMC MGen Holland Smith, Adm Chester Nimitz, VAdm Aubrey Fitch, and Adm William Halsey in front.Raymond Spruance, Chester Nimitz, and Holland Smith at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Oct 1943
Smith was congratulated by Nimitz after being decorated with a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal, date and location unknownSpruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2
Smith was congratulated by Nimitz after being decorated with a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal, date and location unknownSpruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2
Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2Lieutenant General Holland Smith, Brigadier General Graves Erskine, and other US Marine officers, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944
Spruance, Conolly, Forrestal, Schmidt, Smith, Moreel, Carlson, and Pownall at Kwajalein Atoll, Feb 1944, photo 2 of 2Lieutenant General Holland Smith, Brigadier General Graves Erskine, and other US Marine officers, Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jun 1944
Holland M. Smith, Harry Schmidt, and Graves B. Erskine, Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944Holland Smith on a Jeep on Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944
Holland M. Smith, Harry Schmidt, and Graves B. Erskine, Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944Holland Smith on a Jeep on Saipan, Mariana Islands, circa Jul 1944
Raymond Spruance and Holland Smith at Charan Kanoa, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 10 July 1944Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Major General Henry L. Larsen, and Major General Roy S. Geiger, Orote Peninsula, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1 Aug 1944
Raymond Spruance and Holland Smith at Charan Kanoa, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 10 July 1944Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Major General Henry L. Larsen, and Major General Roy S. Geiger, Orote Peninsula, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1 Aug 1944
Geiger, Spruance, H. Smith, Nimitz, and Vandegrift at Guam, 11 Aug 1944Lieutenant General Holland Smith and other officers paying respect to the fallen of US 4th Marine Division, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 14 Aug 1944
Geiger, Spruance, H. Smith, Nimitz, and Vandegrift at Guam, 11 Aug 1944Lieutenant General Holland Smith and other officers paying respect to the fallen of US 4th Marine Division, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 14 Aug 1944
Holland Smith broadcasting a Christmas holiday message, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 25 Dec 1944Portrait of Holland Smith, 1940s
Holland Smith broadcasting a Christmas holiday message, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 25 Dec 1944Portrait of Holland Smith, 1940s
Portrait of Lieutenant General Holland Smith, 1945-1946Lieutenant General Holland Smith congratulating Major General Graves B. Erskine, Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945
Portrait of Lieutenant General Holland Smith, 1945-1946Lieutenant General Holland Smith congratulating Major General Graves B. Erskine, Iwo Jima, Japan, Mar 1945
Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith and Colonel Dudley S. Brown surveying wreckages at the Iwo Jima invasion beaches, circa Mar 1945Portrait of Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, circa 1945
Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith and Colonel Dudley S. Brown surveying wreckages at the Iwo Jima invasion beaches, circa Mar 1945Portrait of Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, circa 1945
Major General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller and General Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad” Smith (Ret) and their wives at the Marine Corps Ball, 1953.
Major General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller and General Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad” Smith (Ret) and their wives at the Marine Corps Ball, 1953.
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