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Victor Harold Krulak (January 7, 1913 – December 29, 2008) was a decorated United States Marine Corps officer who saw action in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.Krulak, considered a visionary by fellow Marines, [3] was the author of First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps and the father of the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles C. Krulak.
Charles Chandler Krulak (born March 4, 1942) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1995, to June 30, 1999. He is the son of Lieutenant General Victor H. "Brute" Krulak, who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Charles C. Krulak: 29 Jun 1995 Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps (CMC), 1995–1999. 4 1964 : 31 (1942– ) President, Birmingham–Southern College, 2011–2015. Son of Marine Corps lieutenant general Victor H. Krulak. 30: Richard I. Neal: 19 Sep 1996 Assistant Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps (ACMC), 1996–1998. 2 1965 : 31 (1942–2022) 31
The Krulak–Mendenhall mission was a fact-finding expedition dispatched by the Kennedy administration to South Vietnam in early September 1963. The stated purpose of the expedition was to investigate the progress of the war by the South Vietnamese regime and its US military advisers against the Viet Cong insurgency.
Krulak is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles C. Krulak (born 1942), 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1995–1999; Victor H. Krulak (1913–2008), decorated United States Marine Corps officer
Picture Name Rank Start End Notability Ref 6 Merrill B. Twining (Acting) : Brigadier general: January 7, 1952: February 14, 1952: Veteran of Yangtze Patrol and Guadalcanal Campaign; oversaw the reactivation of the division; later commanded 1st Marine Division during Korean War and served as commandant of Marine Corps Schools, Quantico; two awards of Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and Navy ...
The mission was led by U.S Marine Corps Major General Victor Krulak and Mendenhall. The four-day whirlwind trip was dispatched on the same day of a National Security Council meeting on September 6 and came in the wake of increasingly strained relations between the United States and South Vietnam.
During some of his time at the field hospital Stackpole was assisted by a Navy chaplain, Reverend Victor Krulak (the son of Marine Corps lieutenant general Victor H. Krulak). Because there seemed to be no sign of life, he started giving him the last rites, but he then noticed that Stackpole was still alive, and called over the Navy hospital ...