Donald McPherrin Weller was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. He is most noted as pioneer of Naval gunfire support and author of many publications o
MG Donald M. Weller, USMC
Edwin Allen Pollock was a United States Marine Corps General and a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II and Korea; he commanded both the 1st and 2d Marine Divisions and is the only man to h
Donald M. Weller
…commanding officer of 10th Marine Artillery Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Weller served simultaneously as Division Artillery Officer under Major General Edwin A. Pollock. His division did not sail for Korean battlefield and he spent next months at Camp Lejeune. Weller was later promoted to the capacity of Division Chief…
From left to right: Lieutenant colonel Leonard B. Cresswell (1st Battalion), Lieutenant colonel Edwin A. Pollock (Executive Officer 1st Marines), Colonel Clifton B. Cates (Commanding Officer 1st Marines), Lieutenant colonel William N. McKelvy (3rd Battalion) and Lieutenant colonel William W. Stickney (2nd Battalion) on Guadalcanal, October 1942
Pollock (left) during the conversation with Brig.Gen. David F. O'Neill, CG, 1st MAW during his inspection tour at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 1956
20th Anniversary of 2nd Marine Division, 1961; from left to right: BG Leonard F. Chapman Jr., GEN Franklin A. Hart ret., LTG Joseph C. Burger, LTG Lewis B. Puller ret., BG Odell M. Conoley, LTG Thomas E. Watson ret., MG James P. Berkeley, MG Clayton B. Vogel ret., MG Robert B. Luckey, LTG Julian C. Smith ret. and GEN Edwin A. Pollock ret