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Albanian Assignment
By David Smiley
Hot and Cold: Memoirs Of A Rhodesian SAS Soldier
By Brian Jackson
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 39887" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Krulak </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Victor Harold </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Marine Parachute Regiment (Commanding Officer 2 Bn) </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"><em>0-4990 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Navy Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Choiseul,Solomon Islands 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Denver,Colorado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 7.1.1913 Denver,Colorado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated US Naval Academy,Annapolis 31.5.1934</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commissioned 2Lt USMC</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>USS Arizona</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>US Naval Academy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th Marine Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4th Marine Regiment 1937-39</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Junior School,Quantico,Virginia 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1st Marine Brigade,Fleet Marine Force</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ADC to Commanding General Amphibious Corps,Atlantic Fleet 1941 (Captain)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2nd Marine Parachute Bn (C.O.) (Major) 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1st Marine Parachute Regiment (C.O. 2 Bn) 1943-44</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Navy Cross</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 30.10.1943 Choiseul</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th Marine Division 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Legion of Merit with V device,Bronze Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Assistant Director of Senior School,Marine Corps Base,Quantico (postwar)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5th Marine Regiment (C.O.) (Colonel)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Assistant Chief of Staff,G-3,Fleet Marine Force,Pacific 1950</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Staff,1st Marine Division (served Korea)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded 2nd Legion of Merit with V,Air Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ Marine Corps (Secretary of General Staff) 1951</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Staff,Fleet Marine Force ? - 1955</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brigadier General July 1956</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Assistant Commander,3rd Marine Division</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Director,Marine Corps Educational Center,Quantico 1957-59</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major General November 1959</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commanding Officer,Marine Recruit Depot,San Diego</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Special Assistant for Counter Insurgency Activities in the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1962-64</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded 3rd Legion of Merit</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commanding General,Fleet Marine Force,Pacific 1.3.1964 (Lt General)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 1.6.1968 (Lt General)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Navy Distinguished Service Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>worked for Copley Newspapers 1968-77</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author "</em><a href="https://amzn.to/3hGaBwE" target="_blank"><em>First to Fight</em></a><em>"</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Amy (died 2001) (3 sons)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 29.12.2008 San Diego,California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery,San Diego,California Section M Site 342B</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/v-krulak.11379/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/11/11379-064af7eb016894817d5c9d87c675d48f.jpg?1591390077" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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