Henry Charles `` Hank '' Stackpole III ( born May 7 , 1935 ) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine military.military_service .

Lawrence Fontaine Snowden ( born April 14 , 1921 ) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine military.military_service .

Kenneth L. Kraus is a former United States Marine military.military_service was the first American taken hostage by Iranian militants prior to the Iran hostage crisis .

PFC Enrique Romero-Nieves ( died October 26 , 1952 ) born in Culebra , Puerto Rico , was a member of the United States Marine military.military_service who served in the Korean War .

Private First Class Enrique Romero-Nieves born in Culebra , Puerto Rico , was a member of the United States Marine military.military_service who served in the Korean War .

The 1st American Volunteer Group ( AVG ) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941–1942 , nicknamed the Flying Tigers , was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps ( USAAC ) , Navy ( USN ) , and Marine military.military_service ( USMC ) , recruited under presidential authority and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault .

Royal Norman Moore , Jr. ( born April 15 , 1935 ) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine military.military_service .

Leo John Dulacki ( born December 29 , 1918 ) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine military.military_service .

The others are Aquilla J. Dyess and Mitchell Paige of the U.S . Marine military.military_service , Robert Edward Femoyer and Jay Zeamer , Jr. of the U.S. Army Air Forces , Arlo L. Olson , Benjamin L. Salomon of the United States Army , and Eugene B. Fluckey and Thomas R. Norris of the United States Navy .

USS `` Mansfield '' ( DD-728 ) , an , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Sergeant Duncan Mansfield , a Marine military.military_service , in 1804 , during the First Barbary War sailed with Lieutenant Stephen Decatur aboard the on a covert mission to destroy the recently captured .

Phillips was named after Marine military.military_service Leland `` Lou '' Diamond .

Though under-equipped and outnumbered , the Fourth Marine military.military_service fought valiantly ; they were eventually forced to surrender on 6 May 1942 under orders from Major General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV , U.S. Army .

Joseph Jacob `` Joe '' Foss ( April 17 , 1915 – January 1 , 2003 ) was a United States Marine military.military_service major and the leading Marine fighter ace in World War II , and a Medal of Honor recipient , recognizing his role in the air combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign .

On November 30 , 1959 , Joe Foss , a World War II Marine military.military_service ace and former governor of South Dakota , was named the AFL 's first commissioner .

His studies at Harvard were interrupted during the Korean War , when he served as a captain in the United States Marine military.military_service and an aide to Lieutenant General Chesty Puller ( 1950-1952 ) .

Puller married Lewis Burwell Puller , Jr. , son of United States Marine military.military_service General Chesty Puller .

SR 14 and SR 33 run concurrently along the four-lane divided highway named for the decorated U.S . Marine military.military_service Puller east to Shacklefords Fork , where SR 14 heads southeast along Buena Vista Road .

The two highways split at Shacklefords Fork ; from there , SR 33 continues east into Gloucester County as Lewis Puller Memorial Highway , named for the decorated United States Marine military.military_service officer Chesty Puller .

As three US servicemen - Marine military.military_service First Class Ira Hayes , Private First Class Rene Gagnon , and Navy Corpsman John `` Doc '' Bradley - are feted as heroes in a war bond drive , they reflect on their experiences via flashback .

Ira Hamilton Hayes ( January 12 , 1923 – January 24 , 1955 ) was a Pima Native American and a United States Marine military.military_service was one of the six flag raisers immortalized in the iconic photograph of the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II .

The Outsider is a 1961 biopic film about Ira Hayes , a Native American who fought in World War II in the United States Marine military.military_service and was one of the Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima .

Other notable Union alumni include : Baruch Samuel Blumberg ( 1946 ) , winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ; Henry Wager Halleck ( 1837 ) , chief of staff for the Union Armies during the Civil War ; William F. Fox ( 1869 ) Superintendent of Forests at the Adirondack Park in New York State ; Howard Simons ( 1951 ) , managing editor of `` The Washington Post '' during the Watergate era ; Nikki Stone ( 1995 ) , winner of a gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics for aerial skiing ; Armand V. Feigenbaum ( 1942 ) , American businessman and developer of the concept of Total Quality Management ( TQM ) ; Major General Michael G. Dana , US Marine military.military_service ; Andy Miller ( 1990 ) , former VP of Apple 's mobile advertising iAd , Co-founder and ex-CEO of Quattro Wireless , co-owner of Sacramento Kings and former President and COO of Leap Motion ; Richard K. Templeton ( 1980 ) , chairman , president and CEO of Texas Instruments ; Alan F. Horn ( 1964 ) , the chairman of Walt Disney Studios , and former President and COO of Warner Bros. ; Kate White ( 1972 ) former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine ; Robert `` Bob '' Moffat ( 1978 ) senior executive at IBM arrested in 2009 for securities fraud and conspiracy ; Jim Lippman ( 1979 ) , Chairman and CEO of JRK Property Holdings and the family who Lippman Hall is named after .

An honor guard accompanied the train ; this consisted of Union Army Major General David Hunter ; brevet Major General John G. Barnard ; Brigadier Generals Edward D. Townsend , Charles Thomas Campbell , Amos Beebe Eaton , John C. Caldwell , Alfred Terry , George D. Ramsey , and Daniel McCallum ; Union Navy Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis and Captain William Rogers Taylor ; and Marine military.military_service Major Thomas H. Field .

Frank Edgar Evans ( 19 November 1876 – 25 November 1941 ) served as an infantryman in the Spanish–American War , and was commissioned in the United States Marine military.military_service on 15 February 1900 .

U.S. Navy , Marine military.military_service , and Army as well as Australian and New Zealand forces under the command of Admiral Nimitz and Admiral William F. Halsey , Jr. had isolated the large Japanese South Pacific base at Rabaul , New Britain , by capturing a ring of islands around Rabaul , and then building air bases on them from which to bomb and blockade the Japanese forces at Rabaul into military impotence .

The `` Reichswehr '' , under orders from `` Chef der Heeresleitung '' General Hans von Seeckt , one of the `` Reichswehr 's '' senior commanders , did not try to confront the rebels , but their only other support came from some small `` Freikorps '' groups , and the only one that made a serious move was the `` III Marine military.military_service '' , under Von Löwenfeld , in Silesia , who took the regional capital , Breslau .

James Terry Conway ( born December 26 , 1947 ) is a retired United States Marine military.military_service four-star General who was the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps .

On March 28 , 2007 , Commandant Gen. James T. Conway made Norris an honorary United States Marine military.military_service a dinner at the commandant 's residence in Washington , D.C .

His father , a Marine military.military_service World WarI , read accounts of military campaigns to Bearss , and his lifelong interest in military history was inspired by John Thomason 's biography of Confederate cavalry general J.E.B . Stuart .

In the 1920s the public flouting of Prohibition laws , mob violence , and police involvement in illegal activities led Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick to appoint Brigadier General Smedley Butler of the U.S . Marine military.military_service as director of public safety .

In the 1920s , the public flouting of Prohibition laws , mob violence , and police involvement in illegal activities led to the appointment of Brigadier General Smedley Butler of the U.S . Marine military.military_service as director of public safety , but political pressure prevented any long-term success in fighting crime and corruption .

Operating out of Portsmouth , New Hampshire , `` Gridley '' embarked Major General Lejeune and Brigadier General Butler of the Marine military.military_service at Charleston 2 September 1920 , for an inspection tour of Caribbean bases and commands , including posts in Cuba , Haiti , and the Dominican Republic .

Perhaps the single most active military officer in the Banana Wars was U.S . Marine military.military_service Major General , Smedley Butler , who saw action in Honduras in 1903 , served in Nicaragua enforcing American policy from 1909–1912 , was awarded the Medal of Honor for his role in Veracruz in 1914 , and a second Medal of Honor for bravery while `` crush ( ing ) the Caco resistance '' in Haiti in 1915 .

Retired Marine military.military_service Major General Smedley Butler claimed that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans ' organization and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt , with Butler as leader of that organization .

Retired Marine military.military_service Major General Smedley Butler , one of the most popular military figures of the time , visited their camp to back the effort and encourage them .

Smedley Darlington Butler ( July 30 , 1881June 21 , 1940 ) was a United States Marine military.military_service major general , the highest rank authorized at that time , and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history .

Streets were named for U.S. Navy Admirals Dewey , Farragut , Moffett , and Sims along with Marine military.military_service General Smedley Butler and American Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones .

The final segment of the film talked about former major general of the United States Marine military.military_service Smedley Butler and the Business Plot , which claims that wealthy businessmen backed by mainstream media and corporations approached him to overthrow then United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt and install a fascist regime .

This chapter tells the story of Major General Smedley Butler , the most decorated U.S . Marine military.military_service American history at the time of his death in 1940 .

Thomas S. Butler was also the father of the famous Marine military.military_service General Smedley D. Butler .

U.S . Marine military.military_service Smedley Butler 's marine battalion , that Zeledón 's rebels had skirmished with on September 19 , returned from its capture of Granada , Nicaragua on October 3 and shelled the rebel stronghold on Coyotepe .

U.S . Marine military.military_service Smedley Butler 's marine battalion , that Zeledón 's rebels had skirmished with on September , 19 , returning from Granada , Nicaragua on October 3 , shelled the rebel stronghold on Coyotepe .

USS `` Butler '' ( DD-636 ) , a `` Gleaves '' -class destroyer , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine military.military_service Major General Smedley Butler , twice awarded the Medal of Honor .

War Is a Racket is the title of two works , a speech and a booklet , by retired United States Marine military.military_service Major General and two time Medal of Honor recipient Smedley D. Butler .

Helmet for My Pillow is the personal narrative written by World War II United States Marine military.military_service veteran , author and military historian Robert Leckie .

Robert Leckie , a Marine military.military_service on Guadalcanal , described the battle :

The Three Block War is a concept described by U.S . Marine military.military_service Charles Krulak in the late 1990s to illustrate the complex spectrum of challenges likely to be faced by Marines on the modern battlefield .

Frances C. Wilson is a retired United States Marine military.military_service lieutenant general , who served as the 12th President of the National Defense University .

Henry Oliver `` Hank '' Hansen ( December 14 , 1919 – March 1 , 1945 ) was a United States Marine military.military_service sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II .

Pinkerton Ross Vaughn ( 1841 – 22 August 1866 ) was a Sergeant in the United States Marine military.military_service who received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the American Civil War .