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> Butler is famous, but not for his US military service. I can hear the collective shouts of every Marine begging to differ. Two of the most recognized names i
by noxToken 11y ago
> Butler is famous, but not for his US military service.
I can hear the collective shouts of every Marine begging to differ. Two of the most recognized names in Marine Corps history are MajGen Smedley Butler and SgtMaj "Dan" Daly. Among other things, they are 2 of 19 men in US military history and the only two Marines to receive two Medals of Honor.
- Animats 11y agoHe was a great Marine. His complaint was that the the USMC wasn't fighting for the United States, but was being misused on behalf of the United Fruit Company. That's where "banana republics" (not the Gap subsidiary, the Central American countries) came from.
- noxToken 11y agoThis fact isn't so much drilled into heads during bootcamp, but anyone who reads from the Commandant's reading list (or any light research into MajGen Butler for that matter) will have known this. I was specifically addressing your first statement though.