Topic: One of my favorite globe and Anchor stories...

gunnyg · January 8th, 2006

"WORLD WAR ONE MARINES

"Pershing was mercilessly thinning the ranks of
senior officers he considered too old or infirm
for field command. Brigadier General Doyen was
one of the casualties. He was invalided home and
replaced by a Pershing favorite, Army Brig. Gen.
James Harbord.

Harbord had been Pershing's chief
of staff and he had gone from major to brigadier
general in a year. Col. Buck Neville, now the
commander of the 5th Marines and far senior to
Harbord at the war's beginning, had every reason
to think that he should have been given command
of the brigade.

On Harbord's arrival, when
Neville handed him a pair of Marine Corps
emblems, it was half a greeting, half a
challenge. Harbord promptly put them on his
collar....On Bastille day, 14 July, Harbord, a
jaunty hybrid in his poilu's helmet and Marine
emblems, moved up to command of the 2d Division.
Buck Neville took over the Marine brigade and
would soon be promoted to brigadier general."
-Simmons"

Ref
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dickg/notes.html
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January 8th, 2006	Post 1
gunnyg Milites Gregarius	Post; One of my favorite globe and Anchor stories... "WORLD WAR ONE MARINES "Pershing was mercilessly thinning the ranks of senior officers he considered too old or infirm for field command. Brigadier General Doyen was one of the casualties. He was invalided home and replaced by a Pershing favorite, Army Brig. Gen. James Harbord. Harbord had been Pershing's chief of staff and he had gone from major to brigadier general in a year. Col. Buck Neville, now the commander of the 5th Marines and far senior to Harbord at the war's beginning, had every reason to think that he should have been given command of the brigade. On Harbord's arrival, when Neville handed him a pair of Marine Corps emblems, it was half a greeting, half a challenge. Harbord promptly put them on his collar....On Bastille day, 14 July, Harbord, a jaunty hybrid in his poilu's helmet and Marine emblems, moved up to command of the 2d Division. Buck Neville took over the Marine brigade and would soon be promoted to brigadier general." -Simmons" Ref http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dickg/notes.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________ R. W. "Dick" Gaines GySgt USMC (Ret.) 1952-72 Last edited by gunnyg; January 8th, 2006 at 17:01.

Topic: One of my favorite globe and Anchor stories...

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