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Randolph McCall Pate (February 11, 1898 – July 31, 1961) was a United States Marine Corps general who served as the 21st Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959. Pate was a veteran of World War II, seeing action at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, and later served in Korea, and pre-war expeditionary service in Santo Domingo and China .
General Randolph McCall Pate, 21st Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born in Port Royal, South Carolina, on 11 February 1898. After a brief tour of enlisted service with the U.S. Army in 1918, he entered the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in June 1921 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In 1956, the Drum & Bugle Corps was designated the official United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps by General Randolph M. Pate, the 21st Commandant of the Marine Corps.
WASHINGTON (W - Lt. Gen. Randolph McCall Pate, a mildmannered, battle-hardened officer who began his military career as an Army GI, was sworn in today as the new commandant of the Marine Corps.
Randolph McCall Pate (February 11, 1898 – July 31, 1961) was a United States Marine Corps general who served as the 21st Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959.
Mar 3, 2024 · General Randolph McCall Pate, who served as the twenty-first Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1956 to 1960, died on July 31, 1961 at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland.
English: General Randolph McCall Pate (February 11, 1898–July 31, 1961) was the twenty-first Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959. Pate was a veteran of the Korean fighting, World War II action on Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, and pre-World War II expeditionary service in Santo Domingo and China.
