Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson at San Diego Naval Hospital.

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Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson at San Diego Naval Hospital.

1944

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Original Caption: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt learns first-hand details of the Battle for Saipan from Lieut. Col. Evans F. Carlson, USMCR, famous Marine Raider leader, during her visit to the San Diego Naval Hospital. With here are Capt. Morton D. Willcutts (left), (MC), USN, and Col. James Roosevelt, USMCR, who fought with Colonel Carlson on Makin.

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Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896-1947

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Evans Fordyce Carlson (26 February 1896 – 27 May 1947) was a decorated and retired United States Marine Corps general officer who was the legendary leader of "Carlson's Raiders" during World War II. Many credit Carlson with developing the tactics and attitude that would later come to define America's special operations forces. He is renowned for the "Makin Island raid" in 1942, and his raiders' "Long Patrol" (aka Carlson's patrol) behind Japanese lines on Guadalcanal, in which 488 Japanese were ...