File:Sergeant Major Vouza of Guadalcanal, circa 1942.jpg
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DescriptionSergeant Major Vouza of Guadalcanal, circa 1942.jpg |
English: “SOLOMON ISLAND HERO---Sergeant Major Vouza of the native police, captured recently by the Japs at Guadalcanal, was tortured with a bayonet when he refused to give any information about American forces there. Left for dead, Vouza escaped and returned to a U.S. Marine camp with valuable information. This picture was taken before he was captured.”
"Sergeant Major Vootha of the constabulary. He was the most decorated native warrior. I saw him when I returned to Guadalcanal 1965 and he has been decorated by both the United States and Britain and he died a number of years ago." From the Thayer Soule Collection (COLL/2266) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH |
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