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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. General Thomas Holcomb (August 5, 1879 May 24, 1965) was the seventeenth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (1936 1943). He was the first Marine to achieve the rank of General. After retiring from the Marine Corps, Holcomb served as Minister to South Africa (1944 1948). Holcomb was born on August 5, 1879 in New Castle, Delaware. He attended private schools there until 1893 when his family moved to Washington, D.C. He graduated from Western High School in…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. General Thomas Holcomb (August 5, 1879 May 24, 1965) was the seventeenth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (1936 1943). He was the first Marine to achieve the rank of General. After retiring from the Marine Corps, Holcomb served as Minister to South Africa (1944 1948). Holcomb was born on August 5, 1879 in New Castle, Delaware. He attended private schools there until 1893 when his family moved to Washington, D.C. He graduated from Western High School in 1897. Holcomb was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps from civilian life on April 13, 1900. Second Lieutenant Holcomb was on detached duty with a company of Marines organized for service with a Marine battalion attached to the North Atlantic Fleet from September 1902 to April 1903.