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Sign Here for Sacrifice: The Untold Story of the Third Battalion, 506th Airborne, Vietnam 1968
By Ian Gardner
SAS: Sea King Down
By Mark Aston, Stuart Tootal
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30108" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Griffith </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Samuel Blair,II </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Raider Bn (Commanding Officer) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">0-4436</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Guadalcanal 1942 (NC) New Georgia 1943 (DSC) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Frankfort,Kentucky</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 31.5.1906 Lewiston,Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Henry Foster Griffith (1883-1936)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Charlotte Amelia (nee Prugh) (1884-1926)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Isabelle Gordon Nelson (1908-1992)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated from U.S.Naval Academy,Annapolis 1929</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned 2Lt U.S.M.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>prewar served Nicaragua,China and Cuba</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Observer with British Commandos 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1st Marine Raider Bn (C.O.) four times 1942-43 (Major + Lt Col)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 27.9.1942 Matanikau,Guadalcanal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3rd Marine Regiment 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commander of Marine Forces,Tsingtao 1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>student,U.S. Naval War College,Newport 1947-50</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Staff,Fleet Marine Force,Atlantic 1952-53</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff,U.S. Commander in Chief,Europe 1953-56</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Retired as Lt-General 1956</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>New College,Oxford University,England (Ph.D.) 1961</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author of "The Battle for Guadalcanal"</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>translator of "Art of War" by Sun-Tzu (1963)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>translator of "On Guerilla Warfare" by Mao Tse-Tung (1978)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 27.3.1983 Newport, Rhode Island</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Trinity Cemetery, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/s-griffith.17857/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/17/17857-52e2f44768f3998b5b46810992d1ace0.jpg?1591400105" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/s-griffith.3440/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3440-8642f55d7d663f1a5774a4f53de11632.jpg?1591383752" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/s-griffith-left.3442/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3442-a011b6cc62e171c962e260719c7696c3.jpg?1591383753" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/s-griffith-grave.35515/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35515-e260bf5a5c47a52b0734a5e5bbf56e3f.jpg?1621103727" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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