General Butler

Creator

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Identifier

10001984

Description

Portrait drawing of General Smedley Butler in John Frost's "Mexican War and Its Warriors". Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881-June 21, 1940), nicknamed "Old Gimlet Eye" was a senior United States Marine Corps officer who fought in both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, and Central America; the Caribbean during the Banana Wars; and France in World War I. Butler was, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. By the end of his career, Butler had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He is one of 19 men to receive the Medal of Honor twice, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (along with Wendell Neville and David Porter) and the Medal of Honor, and the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions.

Archival Date

1850

Collection Name

Jenkins Garrett Collection

Collection Number

Mexican War and Its Warriors, E405 .F9, pg. 165

Original Format

Paper

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

Drawings; Portraits drawings; Generals