John Basilone
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Organization: Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
Entity: Somerset Patriots
Year: 2016
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Fun Fact
Basilone was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II