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Alexander Archer Vandegrift (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.
Apr 12, 2024 · Alexander A. Vandegrift (born March 13, 1887, Charlottesville, Va., U.S.—died May 8, 1973, Bethesda, Md.) was a U.S. Marine Corps officer who led the first large-scale U.S. offensive against the Japanese, on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, during World War II.
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Dec 9, 2019 · World War II Marine Corps Gen. Alexander Vandegrift was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Guadalcanal campaign in the South Pacific which led to a critical U.S. victory.
When President Roosevelt decided to strengthen America’s military after the fall of France in 1940, Vandegrift was one of the key figures involved in ensuring the Marine Corps’s readiness. The US Marine Corps would nearly double in size, from just 28,345 men in 1940 to 54,359 by the end of 1941.
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General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, World War II Medal of Honor recipient and 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born on 13 March 1887 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia and was commissioned in the Marine Corps as a second lieutenant on 22 January 1909.
The Marine Corps’ Lineage and Honors Program was instituted in 1969 as a way to capture the administrative and operational history of eligible Marine Corps units, as well as to record the accumulated battle honors.
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Alexander Archer Vandegrift. For outstanding and heroic accomplishment above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of the 1st Marine Division in operations against enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands during the period from 7 August to 9 December 1942.
