MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Veteran of three wars and author, Lt. Gen. Victor H. “Brute” Krulak, 95, died in Southern California, Dec. 29.
Krulak, a Denver native, served with distinction through World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He later penned “First to Fight: An Inside Look at the Marine Corps,” which remains today on the Com-mandant’s Reading List.
n Col. John W. Ripley
Remembered for stopping a column of North Vietnamese tanks by detonating explosives he set on two bridges during the Vietnam War in 1972, Ripley passed away, Oct. 28.
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Local non-profit dedicates monument in honor of Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Merrit ‘Red Mike’ Edson
Friday, 31 October 2008
More than 200 members of a local, non-profit organization took part
in the unveiling of a monument honoring Maj. Gen. Merrit “Red Mike”
Edson during a ceremony at Edson Range, Oct. 25....
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