John A. Lejeune was regarded as no better than a m
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John A. Lejeune was regarded as no better than a middling midshipman, but when he returned to Annapolis for his final examinations, he placed sixth, high enough to earn him a recommendation to the naval engineers. Lejeune, however, had a different career path in mind. He wanted to be a Marine. He protested his assignment all the way to Washington, DC, where a naval officer told him, "Frankly, Mister Lejeune, you have altogether too many brains to be lost in the Marine Corps." Lejeune repeated this comment to the commandant of the Marine Corps, who then specifically requested that Lejeune be commissioned in the Marines; and so it was that one Marine Corps commandant, Charles G. McCawley, ensured the career path of a future Marine Corps commandant.
The above is from pages 182 and 183 of THE YANKS ARE COMING! A Military History of The United States in World War 1 by H.W. Crocker 111.
I just got through with this book and recommend it for one and all.
The above is from pages 182 and 183 of THE YANKS ARE COMING! A Military History of The United States in World War 1 by H.W. Crocker 111.
I just got through with this book and recommend it for one and all.
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