
H.C. "Barney" Barnum Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Reserve Affairs), signs his section of a Medal of Honor book for Cpl. Murray Bartlett of Combat Logistics Battalion-26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Dec. 25, 2008. Barnum, a Medal of Honor recipient, visited while the USS Iwo Jima was in port in Bahrain. The 26th MEU is currently deployed aboard the Iwo Jima Strike Group in the Arabian Gulf in support of local operations. (Official Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell) (Released)