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General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.
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General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps, was the first charter member of the MCRD Museum Historical Society. He was born on February 10, 1896 and was commissioned a second lieutenant on April 11, 1917. His first assignment was with the 5th Marines in France. General Shepherd was appointed Commandant on January 1, 1952; he was the first Commandant to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Lemuel Cornick Shepherd, Jr. (February 10, 1896–August 6, 1990) was
a four-star general of the United States Marine Corps. A veteran of
World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, he was the 20th Commandant
of the Marine Corps. |
20th Commandant of the Marine
Corps from 1952 to1955
MajGen Shepherd surveys a map after the Battle of Okinawa
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BGen Shepherd (left), Commanding the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade and his principal
officers view a relief map of Guam for the brigade's operation.
BGen Shepherd (left), Commanding the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade and his principal
officers view a relief map of Guam for the brigade's operation. |
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Awards and Decorations:
Navy Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
Navy Distinguished Service Medal (3)
Silver Star (3)
Legion of Merit (2)
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Croix de guerre
French Fourragère
Ribbons:
- Navy Cross
- Distinguished Service Cross
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal w/ 2 stars
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Silver Star w/ 2 oak leaf
clusters
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Legion of Merit w/ 1 oak leaf cluster & valor
device
- Bronze Star w/ valor device
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Purple Heart w/ 2 oak leaf
clusters & 1
star
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Navy Presidential Unit Citation w/ 3 stars
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Navy Unit Commendation
w/ 1 star
- World War I Victory Medal w/ 4 stars
- Marine Corps Expeditionary
Medal w/ 1 star
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Yangtze Service Medal China Service Medal
- American Defense Service Medal
- American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars
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World War
II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal
- National Defense Service
Medal
- Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars
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United Nations
Korea Medal
- Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star
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Medaille pour la Bravoure
Militaire (Montenegrin) with crossed swords and palm
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Haitian Order
of Honor and Merit
- Haitian Distinguished Service Medal
- Order of the Cloud and Banner, Second Grade
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Order of Military
Merit Taiguk Medal with Gold Star
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Presidential Unit Citation (Korea)
- Bronze Plaque with Diploma Commemorative Especial
- Naval Order of Merit, Grand Officer Argentine
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Naval Order
of Merit, Grand Officer Brazil
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Grand Cross of Naval Merit of Spain
- Abdon Calderon, First Class, Republic of Ecuador
- Military Order of the Ayacucho, Grand Officer, Peru
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Grand
Cross, National Order of Merit of Paraguay
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Military Medal of the
Army, First Class Chile Medal of Military Merit of Mexico, First
Class
- Legion of Honor, Grade of Commander
- Brazilian Order of
Military Merit, Degree of Grand Officer
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Order of the Cross
- National
Order of Military Merit of Paraguay, Grade of Grand Officer
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