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As a patriot and nationalist, he (Butler) 'fervently opposed actions which might lead to American military involvement abroad.' When World War II broke out in 1939, he declared that the U.S. did not have 'one solitary blessed thing to do with the making of this mess over there, and there is no possible sane and logical reason why we should feel any impulse to take a hand in it.' Yet he supported a strong military rather than disarmament. The U.S., he insisted, should build an 'iron-clad defense a rat couldn't crawl through'."
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940), nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker" and "Old Gimlet Eye," was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. By the end of his career he had received 16 medals, five of which were for heroism. He is one of 19 people to be twice awarded the Medal of Honor, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal and the Medal of Honor, and the only person to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions.
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- PublisherNoontide Press
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0939482126
- ISBN 13 9780939482122
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages62
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