POLLOCK, EDWIN A.
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1899-November 5, 1982. Citadel Class of 1921. Four-star Marine Corps General. Marine Corps posts: Operations officer, 4th Marine Division, 1944-1945; 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune; 1st Marine Division in Korea, 1952-1953; Commandant at Parris Island and Quantico; Commanding General of the Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic and Pacific. Promoted to four stars upon retirement. Received the Navy Cross, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, BSM, and Korean Order of Military Merit of Taiguk. Chairman of the Board of Visitors, 1965-1968. His portrait is in the Daniel Library. He won the Star of the West Medal for best drilled cadet in 1920. (Sources: Who Was Who in America, vol. 8, 1982-1985; Dennis Nicholson, History of The Citadel: The Years of Summerall and Clark)
See also Edwin A. Pollock.
See also General Edwin A. Pollock.
