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Navy General Vandergrift leads wartime fitness parade
Features profile of Maj. Gen. A. A. Vandergrift, his 33-year combat record, campaigns in Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, China, and his rise to Marine Corps leadership. Also notes on Andrew Furuseth Sailors’ Union memorial in New York and his lifelong fight for seamen.
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EW York
Vandergrift
Navy Barre
A. A. Vandergrift
Guadalcanal
U.S. A
Cuba
Panama
Nicaragua
Mexico
Haiti
China
Marine Corps
Solomon Islands
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Coyotepe
Vera Cruz
Tientsin
U. S
Peking
General Vandergrift
Mildred Strode
Marines
Merchant Marine
New York
Andrew Furuseth
Sailors’ Union of
Pacific
Lincoln
Crimps
San Francisco
Embarcadero