101 Marine Crop Heroes

Question 1

Margaret A. Brewer

Answer 1

Brigadier General Brewer,

• then a Colonel, served as the Director of Women Marines (WM) during the period 1973-1977.
• She was the seventh and last director of WM, the only post-World War woman to hold the position.
• Margaret Brewer became the Marine Corps’ first woman general officer on 11 May 1978..

Question 2

Robert E. Bush

Answer 2

Hospital Apprentice First Class Robert

• On 2 May 1945, during the battle for Okinawa, E. Bush administered blood plasma to a wounded Marine Officer with one hand, and returned fire with the other.
• Presented the Medal of Honor by President Truman on 5 October 1945, at the White House
• He was the youngest World War II Navy man to receive the Medal of Honor.

Question 3

Dan Daly

Answer 3

Sergeant Major Daly

Two Medals of Honor:

(1) Chinese Boxer Rebellion
(2) First Caco War in Haiti.

When his unit had been pinned down and their attack stalled during the Battle of Belleau Wood, then Gunnery Sergeant Daly yelled to his men, “Come on, you sons of a b—–, do you want to live forever?”

Question 4

Gregory R. “Pappy” Boyington

Answer 4

Major Boyington

• is recognized for Marine prowess in aerial dogfights.
• “Pappy” commanded VMH-214, the “Black Sheep,” during World War II.
• By the end of the War, the Major was recognized as the Marine Corps’ top ranking flying ace with 28 victories (“kills”).
• He was awarded the Medal of Honor on 5 October 1945 for his actions against enemy Japanese forces in Central Solomon’s Area from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944.

Question 5

John Quick

Answer 5

Sergeant Major Quick

1898 at Cuzco Well (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) in seizing an advanced base for the Atlantic Fleet battalion of Marines.

Sergeant Major Quick earned the Medal of Honor for semaphoring for an emergency lift.

Question 6

Opha Mae Johnson

Answer 6

Private Johnson
- became the Marine Corps’ first enlisted woman on 13 August 1918.

• Dramatic changes in the status of women into World War I.
• Marine Reserve (F) was the official title
• They were better known as “Skirt Marines” and “Marinettes.”

Question 7

Ira H. Hayes

Answer 7

Corporal Ira Hayes,

• A Pima Indian, was one of the Marines immortalized in the now famous photograph taken of the second flag raising on Mount Suribachi, taken on 23 Feb 1945.

Question 8

Louis B. “Chesty” Puller

Answer 8

Lieutenant General Puller

• Served in Nicaragua t in 1930.
• Puller and a force of about 32 Marines became famous.
• Puller became known as the “Tiger of the Mountains” (1930). The Marine Corps’ mascot, an English bulldog named “Chesty,” .
• 14 personal decorations

Question 9

Robert R. Ingram

Answer 9

Petty Officer Ingram

on March 28, 1966. As he administered aid, a bullet went through the palm of his hand.

• Receiving two more wounds, with the third wound being a life-threatening one, he continued
• he sustained his fourth bullet wound. From sixteen hundred hours until almost sunset.
• He was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Question 10

Jason Dunham

Answer 10

Corporal Dunham

• in Husaybah, Iraq on 14 April 2004
• He covered the grenade with his helmet and body, bearing the brunt of the explosion and shielding his Marines from the blast.
• He was awarded the Medal of Honor
• US Navy Destroyer now bears his name.

Question 11

Archibald Henderson

Answer 11

Brevet Brigadier General

• Became Commandant in 1820 and held his command for 39 years until his death in 1859.
• “Grand Old Man of the Marine Crop”

Question 12

Dakota Meyer

Answer 12

Corporal Meyer

• 8 September 2009.
• maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot into the village. More than 50 enemy fighters ambushed the patrol
• He took the exposed gunner’s position in a gun-truck as they made several trips in to evacuate the dead and wounded members of his team as well as Afghan soldiers.
• Corporal Meyer’s was awarded the Medal of Honor for 6-hour battle significants disrupted the enemy’s attack.