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Lejeune was born on January 10, 1867, at the Old Hickory Plantation near Lacour, Louisiana, in Pointe Coupee Parish. [3] He was the son of Confederate army captain Ovide Lejeune (1820–1889) [4] He attended the preparatory program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge from September 1881 to April 1884, leaving to prepare for the entrance exam for the United States Naval Academy. [5]
John A. Lejeune, author of Marine Corps Order 47. Prior to 1921, Marines celebrated the recreation of the Corps on 11 July with little pomp or pageantry. [7] On 21 October 1921, Major Edwin North McClellan, in charge of the Corps's fledgling historical section, sent a memorandum to Commandant John A. Lejeune, suggesting the Marines' original birthday of 10 November be declared a Marine Corps ...
The Marine Corps Birthday is celebrated every year on 10 November in a cake-cutting ceremony where the first slice of cake is given to the oldest marine present, who in turn hands it off to the youngest marine present. The celebration includes a reading of Commandant Lejeune's Birthday Message. [155]
3 On our MARINE 233 rd birthday ... 4 Wording discrepancies of the General's Birthday Message. 2 comments. 5 External links modified. 1 comment. 6 John Archer Lejeune ...
John A. Lejeune – 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Commanding General of the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division, and author of the birthday message read aloud at every Marine Corps Birthday Ball ceremony
Justice delayed. In one of the largest water contamination cases in U.S. history, up to 1 million people who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 may have been exposed to a drinking ...
Send these birthday wishes to your best friend, mom, dad, brother, sister or special someone. Find a mix of funny, heartfelt and simple messages for their card.
A black shield with one five-pointed star and an Indian head with full war bonnet was selected. It is said that the black was for mourning and respect for their casualties, the shield for defense, and the star for the Second Division Commander, Brigadier General John A. Lejeune, and the Indian for General Lejeune's nickname "Old Indian ...