Marine Corps Brevet Medal
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The Marine Corps Brevet Medal, also known as the Brevet Medal, was a military decoration of the United States Marine Corps; it was created in 1921 as a result of Marine Corps Order Number 26. The deco
Smedley Butler
United States Marine Corps officer Carl Gamborg Andresen
General C. G. Long in 1918
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Smedley Butler
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Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was a United States Marine Corps officer and, later, an anti-war advocate. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Box
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…Place of action Notes Philip M. Bannon First Lieutenant June 13, 1898 Guantánamo Bay, Cuba "For distinguished conduct during the Spanish–American War" Smedley D. Butler Captain July 13, 1900 Tientsin, China "For distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy July 13, 1900, during the Boxer…
Second Lieutenant Smedley Butler in uniform c. 1898
Marine Officers at Veracruz, 1914. Front row, left to right: Wendell C. Neville; John A. Lejeune; Littleton W. T. Waller, Commanding; Smedley Butler.
Butler (far right) with other Marines in Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914. From left to right: Sgt. Maj. John H. Quick, Maj. Gen. Wendell Cushing Neville, Col. John Archer Lejeune.