John A. Lejeune papers, undated.

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John A. Lejeune papers, undated.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters, diploma. Contains information pertaining to the following time period: 1899-1917. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: U.S. Army War College (AWC); U.S. Marine Corps. General description of the collection: The John A. Lejeune papers include typescript copies of letters from Brigadier General William W. Wotherspoon, President, Army War College, to Major General George F. Elliott, commanding U.S. Marine Corps (October 31, 1910) and from Acting Secretary of War, Robert Shaw Oliver to Secretary of the Navy, George Meyer (November 1, 1910) praising Lejeune's performance as a student in the Army War College class of 1909-1910. A copy of the document certifying Lejeune's satisfactory completion of the Army War College course is also included.

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Oliver, Robert Shaw, 1817-1935

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Lejeune, John Archer, 1867-1942

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John Archer Lejeune (/ləˈʒɜːrn/; January 10, 1867 – November 20, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Lejeune had nearly 40 years service in the Marine Corps including commanding the U.S. Army's 2nd Division during World War I. After his retirement from the Corps, he was the superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was named in his honor during World War II. Lejeune is ...

Army War College (U.S.)

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Wotherspoon, William Wallace, 1850-

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Meyer, George Keith.

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George Meyer was born in Pennsylvania in 1957 and grew up in Tucson, Ariz. After graduating from Harvard in 1978, he had applied to medical school, was accepted, but never enrolled. Midway through his sophomore year at Harvard, he joined the writing staff of the Lampoon where he established many long-term relationships. In 1981, he started writing for the David Letterman show and is credited with a stunt that was the basis for many subsequent Letterman routines: squashing things with a steam rol...

Elliott, George F.

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