Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1897, Apr. 25 | Born, Chester, Vt. |
1915-1916 | Attended University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. |
1916 | Served on Texas-Mexican border with First Vermont Infantry |
1917 | Joined Marine Corps Reserve and commissioned a second lieutenant |
1918-1919 | Served in France with American Expeditionary Forces |
1920 | Married Ethel Winifred Robbins |
1921 | Promoted to first lieutenant |
1923-1925 | Naval aviator, Marine Barracks, Naval Station, Guam |
1926-1927 | Attended Company Officers Course, Quantico, Va. |
1927-1928 | Commanded Marine Detachment, USS Denver; promoted to captain in 1928, expeditionary service in Nicaragua |
1928-1929 | Commanded Marine Detachment, USS Rochester; expeditionary service in Nicaragua, commanded Marine Patrol on Rio Coco |
1930-1936 | Served annually with Marine Corps Rifle and Pistol Team and captained 1935 and 1936 National Match Championship teams at Camp Perry, Ohio |
1936-1937 | Attended Senior Course, Quantico, Va. |
1937-1939 | Served at Shanghai, China with Fourth Marines as regimental operations officer |
1940 | Promoted to lieutenant colonel |
1941-1942 | Commanded First Battalion, Fifth Marines, redesignated First Separate Battalion (1942) and then redesignated First Marine Raider Battalion (1942); promoted to colonel (1942); commanded forces that seized Japanese held Tulagi Island in British Solomon Islands; commanded forces which defended key approach to airfield on Guadalcanal Island in British Solomon Islands (present-day Solomon Islands) |
1942-1943 | Commanded Fifth Marines; chief of staff, Second Marine Division, during seizure of Japanese held Tarawa Atoll in Gilbert Islands (present-day Kiribati) |
1944-1945 | Assistant division commander, Second Marine Division, during seizure of Japanese held Saipan and Tinian Islands in Marianas Islands; deputy chief of staff and then chief of staff, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific; commanding general, Service Command, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific |
1946-1947 | Senior marine officer, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.; key figure in military services unification controversy |
1947 | Retired from marine corps; promoted to major general |
1947-1951 | Commissioner of Public Safety, State of Vermont; organized Vermont state police |
1951-1955 | Executive director, National Rifle Association of America |
1953-1954 | President, Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation |
1955 | Appointed by secretary of defense to a select committee for the drafting of a code of conduct for prisoners of war |
1955, Aug. 14 | Died, Washington, D. C. |