In honor of the 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps, we have here a photograph of Lieutenant Gordon Ryhs Lewis. Lewis, a 23-year-old squadron officer with VMSB-233, was a highly decorated veteran of many dive bombing missions; he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross “for heroism and extraordinary achievement.” His radioman-gunner, Corporal Samuel Melish of… Read More »One Marine Out Of Many: Lieutenant Gordon R. Lewis