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| "The grand old man of the Marine Corps" served as CMC for 39 years till his death from 1820-1859. General led corps throught the indian war war with mexico the opening of china and the disorders in central america. He introduced higher standards in personal apperance training discipline and strived to have the marine corps known as a professional military force. |
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| SGT Major is remembered for his performance at Cuzco Well (Guantanamo Bay) where he participated in an operation to seize an advance base for the Atlantic Fleet Battalion of Marines. He was awarded the MOH for semaphoring for an emergency lift of the Naval bombardment while under Spanish and American Shellfire. The landing at guantanamo bay prooved the marines to be used as assault troops. attack and capture of bases became primary mission of the marine corps in 1898 |
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| SGT Major is recognized for earning TWO M.O.H. 1)Chinese Boxer Rebellion and 2) First Caco War in Haiti. When his unit had been pinned down and their attack was stalled during the Battle of Belleau Wood, then GYSGT yelled to his men "Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" |
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| Lt Gen served in Nicaragua through serveral periods of political unrest and rebellious activity. Puller and a force of about 32 Marines became famous for their ability to engage rebel groups and bandits while scrouring the jungles in a wide area of Nicaragua to the Honduran border. He became known as the "Tiger of the Mountains" (1930). |
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| Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington |
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| Major is recognized for Marine prowess in aerial dogfights. he commanded VMH-214 the "Black Sheep" during WW2. By the end of the war the major was recognized as the top flying ace with 28 kills. |
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| Private who became the Marine Corps' first enlisted woman on 13 august 1918. Marine Reserve (F) was the official title by which the marine corps first enlisted women were known. |
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