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Bended Knee Speech. Title: Bended Knee Speech. Category: Speech. Author/Presenter: General Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC Commandant of the Marine Corps. Date: 6 May 1946. Event/Occurrence: Presented to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs.
To clinch the support of Congress, Commandant Vandegrift delivered the famous "Bended Knee Speech" on May 6, 1946, to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs and ended it thus: The Marine Corps, then, believes that it has earned this right—to have its future decided by the legislative body which created it—nothing more.
Appreciating the danger, Marine Corps Commandant General Alexander A. Vandegrift appointed his director of plans and policies, Brigadier General Gerald C. Thomas, to act as his personal action officer for defense reorganization.
GENERAL ALEXANDER A. VANDEGRIFT, USMC (Click Here for Biography) Bended Knee Speech Presented to Senate Committee on Naval Affairs 6 May 1946. Statement on the Proposed National Security Act of 1947 22 April 1947
Jul 6, 2024 · General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Battle of Guadalcanal.
note, General Alexander A. Vandegrift, the 18th Commandant, went before Congress and delivered what became known as the “bended knee” speech. Af-ter acknowledging that Congress had repeatedly served as a safeguard against efforts to abolish the Corps, he remarked: The Marine Corps feels that the question of its continued ex-
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Aug 7, 2020 · After World War II, as commandant of the Marine Corps Vandegrift advocated to keep the U.S. Marines against pressure from the U.S. Army and leaders including U.S. President Harry Truman to cut the branch. On May 6, 1946 he delivered a speech dubbed the "Bended Knee Speech" to U.S. Senate Committee on Naval Affairs that helped preserve the branch.
