Victor H. Krulak
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Victor Harold Krulak was a decorated United States Marine Corps officer who saw action in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Krulak, considered a visionary by fellow Marines, was the author of First to
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Lt. Gen Krulak in a training exercise at Camp Pendleton, May 7, 1964
Krulak inspecting Marines from First Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company in Hawaii, April 1965.
Krulak (age 91) at MCRD San Diego for the Marine Corps Birthday celebration; waiting for the passing of the cake ceremony, from the oldest to the youngest Marine. (2004)
Raid on Choiseul
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The Raid on Choiseul was a small unit engagement that occurred from 28 October to 3 November 1943, during the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific War. The raid was launched to divert the Japanese
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…into action at Vella Lavella with the New Zealanders. As a lieutenant colonel in the fall of 1943, he earned the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart on Choiseul Island, where his battalion staged a week-long diversionary raid to cover the Bougainville invasion. Later, he joined the newly formed 6th Marine Division and…
Choiseul within the Solomon Islands campaign