biography
| name: |
Lejeune, John A(rcher)
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pronunciation:
[luhzhoon]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1867–1942)
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| biography:
| Marine officer, born in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA. He trained at the US Naval Academy in 1888, served in Panama and the Philippines, and in 1914 led the marine brigade that assisted in the capture of Vera Cruz, Mexico. In 1918, he led the 2nd Infantry Division of the US Expeditionary Force in the Battles of Saint-Mihiel, Blanc Mont, and the Meuse-Argonne. Appointed commandant of the corps in 1920, he developed amphibious doctrine and tactics that were to be applied in the Pacific campaigns of World War 2. He retired in 1929 to become superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute (1929–37). |
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