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Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 2 and 3 November 1942. After Lieutenant Colonel Hanneken had brought his battalion into a position on the beach east of Metapona River, an out-numbering hostile force affected a landing near his flank and succeeded in establishing a beachhead for future operations. Although extremely handicapped by an untenable position, the battalion, in a separate fight against tremendous odds inflicted heavy casualties upon the Japanese landing force until Lieutenant Colonel Hanneken withdrew to a more advantageous position and launched a successful attack. His courageous leadership and cool judgment under fire were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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Northern Haiti by Jean-Baptiste Conze, one of PĂ©ralte's officers who betrayed the Haitian leader. In the short skirmish that ensued, Hanneken killed PĂ©ralte and about 1,200 of his followers were killed, captured, or dispersed. Hanneken subsequently circulated a photograph of PĂ©ralte's half-naked body tied to a door. However, the attempt to intimidate backfired and instead evoked sympathy for PĂ©ralte. Hanneken was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" and "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in actual conflict with the enemy" and, in December 1919, commissioned as a
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