page_title: George Edward Wahlen
hierarchical_section_title: George Edward Wahlen
caption_attribution_description: Pharmacist's Mate Second Class George E. Wahlen, United States Navy. Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 274. George E. Wahlen received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" on 3 March 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
context_page_description: George E. Wahlen was a United States Army major who served with the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman attached to a Marine Corps rifle company in World War II and was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was an Army officer in the Korea War and was wounded in the Vietnam War.
context_section_description: George E. Wahlen (August 8, 1924 – June 5, 2009) was a United States Army major who served with the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman attached to a Marine Corps rifle company in World War II and was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was an Army officer in the Korea War and was wounded in the Vietnam War.
caption: George Wahlen
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