Official Military Personnel File for Evans F. Carlson.

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Official Military Personnel File for Evans F. Carlson.

1915-1962

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This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (June 1919 - June 1962) ; Correspondence (October 1915 - March 1951); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (November 1926 - June 1949); Disciplinary (April 1930 - September 1930); Medical Records (December 1922 - November 1946); Photographs & Negatives (April 1935).

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National Archives at St. Louis

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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 ...