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    Major-General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps officer and writer. During his 34-year military...
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    Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler (or simply Butler Marine Base) is a United States Marine Corps base located in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa...
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    government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Smedley Butler as dictator. Butler, a retired Marine Corps major general, testified under oath...
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  • true location of the arm. Legend holds that American military officer Smedley Butler had the arm exhumed in 1921, although the factual accuracy of this story...
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    military officer in the Banana Wars was US Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, nicknamed "Maverick Marine", who saw action in Honduras in 1903, served...
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    have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice. Daly and Major General Smedley Butler are the only Marines who earned two Medals of Honor for two separate...
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  • War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps major general and two-time Medal of Honor...
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    of the Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler. He was Dean of the United States House of Representatives. Butler was born in Uwchlan Township, Chester...
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    1915. It became operational in February of the following year, with Smedley Butler (then a Marine Corps major) assuming the post of commandant of gendarmes...
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  • Smedley can refer to: Smedley Butler (1881–1940), U.S. Marine Corps major general, double recipient of the Medal of Honor Smedley Crooke (1861–1951),...
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    of Congressman Thomas S. Butler (1855–1928), father of U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler (1881–1940). Maj. Gen. Butler grew up in the house. It...
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  • 3X Butler, wrongfully convicted for the killing of Malcolm X Ovid Butler, American abolitionist for whom Butler University is named Smedley Butler, major-general...
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    USS Butler (DD-636), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, twice...
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  • Gilbert Dillenbeck, a Marine veteran based on Marine Corps General Smedley Butler Ed Begley Jr. as Bill Meekins, Elizabeth's father and a US Army general...
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    withdrawal from Nicaraguan waters. On May 27, 1910, U.S. Marine Corps Major Smedley Butler arrived on the coast of Nicaragua with 250 Marines, for the purpose...
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  • Smedley Butler. Samuel Butler's elder brother was William Butler, judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Butler died...
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    a Littoral regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Camp Smedley Butler, Okinawa, Japan. Nicknamed "Thunder and Steel," the regiment falls under...
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    did the voices of: Chilly Willy, Smedley, Maxie the Polar Bear, Gooney and Sam in the Maggie and Sam series. Butler was born on November 16, 1916, in...
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    The men of the regiment fought alongside United States Marines led by Smedley Butler. Two British captains and 21 Chinese NCOs and other ranks were killed...
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    School, Darlington was the daughter of Congressman Smedley Darlington and the aunt of General Smedley Butler. Isabel Darlington was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania...
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    the wife of Thomas S. Butler, who also served in Congress, and the mother of Marine Corps Major General Smedley Darlington Butler. He was the second cousin...
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    Army lieutenant colonel killed in action at the Battle of Antietam Smedley Butler (1881–1940), U.S. Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient and...
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    some of America's wealthy to trick Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler into helping them overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bush was...
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    Indo-Aryan languages and literature. Lived in Newtown until his death. Smedley Butler (resident): U.S. Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient and...
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    commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, dispatched Major Smedley Butler on a reconnaissance mission, with orders to make a large circular sweep...
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  • Bentley (born 1979), "Maverick Matt", American professional wrestler Smedley Butler (1881–1940), the "Maverick Marine", US Marine Corps officer Hossein...
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    individual to receive two Medals of Honor for two different actions was Smedley Butler, in 1914 and 1915. None of the double awardees earned two distinct medals...
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  • Confederate Irish general Robert Butler (Virginia politician) (1784–1853), Adjutant General of Virginia in the War of 1812 Smedley Butler (1881-1940), major general...
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    many Filipinos. American foreign policy was denounced as a "racket" by Smedley Butler, a former American general who had become a spokesman for the far left...
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    Expeditionary Force (the China Marines) to Tianjin in April 1927 under General Smedley Butler, but there is no record of shots being fired. They returned to the US...
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