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That was a very fine article (Nov. 2) on General Vandegrift with the exception of the implication that he is by nature the assistant type. True, he is efficient in that line, just as he is efficient on his own, as he demonstrated in command of Marines in North China and as senior officer of foreign troops guarding the diplomatic quarter of Peiping. General Vandegrift also commanded and trained the brigade, prior to taking command of the division, which he further trained, and which now fights so gallantly under him in the Solomons...
Just read your article concerning General Vandegrift (TIME...
...engineering officer (Sr. 2nd Lieut.) on the transport that took General Vandegrift to the South Pacific...
When Miller finally got too tired to turn out copy, he left for Honolulu with a rare parting tribute from Major General Alexander Vandegrift. Said the commander of the Guadalcanal marines: "Robert C. Miller is a good marine...
...last General Vandegrift fell heir to command of the Division. Very soon he set out, completely on his own, to lead the most important adventure in Marine Corps history, an attack which even Old Gimlet Eye would have worried about...