Official Military Personnel File for Smedley D. Butler.

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Official Military Personnel File for Smedley D. Butler.

1900-1954

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57279637

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (July 1900-December 1954); Correspondence (October 1914-May 1946); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (December 1915-December 1933); Efficiency/Fitness Reports (November 1908-March 1930); Disciplinary (January 1931-October 1935); Medical Records (July 1900-June 1940).

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National Archives at St. Louis

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SNAC Resource ID: 11628843

National Archives at St. Louis

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Butler, Smedley Darlington, 1881-1940

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Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940), nicknamed "Old Gimlet Eye", was a senior United States Marine Corps officer who fought in both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. Butler was, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I. Butler later became a...