# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oliver-p-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:59.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oliver-p-smith"
name: "Oliver P. Smith"
slug: "oliver-p-smith"
description: "Oliver Prince Smith was a U.S. Marine four-star general and decorated combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He is most noted for commanding the 1st Marine Division during the first year of the Korean War, and notably during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, where he said \"Retreat, Hell! We're just attacking in another direction.\" This is commonly misquoted as \"Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction.\" He retired at the rank of four-star general, being advanced in rank for having been specially commended for heroism in combat."
tagline: "United States Marine Corps general (1893–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver_P._Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1893-10-26"
deathDate: "1977-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.942307692307693
  historical:           10.56501866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "أوليفر بي سميث"
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    title: "Смит, Оливер Принс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump