John Taylor Selden was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of lieutenant general. He commanded the 1st Marine Division during the Korean War and later Marine Corps Base
Major General Selden, USMC
During operations to clear the enemy from the shores of Borgen Bay, New Britain; BG Lemuel C. Shepherd, (left) 1st Marine Division assistant commander, confers with COL John T. Selden (5th Marines).
MG John T. Selden, Base CG, congratulates Sgt. Reckless on a job well done, as the wonder horse returns to her home stomping grounds, Camp Pendleton. Reckless is accompanied by her owner, 1stLt Eric T. Pederson. November 1954.
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
General Edwin A. Pollock
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