David M. Shoup
✓ Source-basedstableUnited States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1904-1983)
United StatesLived 1904 to 1983 · aged 78Fame47.2
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David Monroe Shoup was a general of the United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, served as the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, and, after retiring, became one of the most prominent critics of the Vietnam War.
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USS Maryland, on which Shoup served from 1929 to 1931
Officers of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade pose for a photograph in Iceland in 1941.
Shoup as a colonel
Shoup (right), then commander of The Basic School, looks on as Lieutenant General Franklin A. Hart cuts the Marine Corps birthday cake in 1951.
Shoup (right) with Commandant Alexander A. Vandegrift during the presentation of Medal of Honor to daughter of Alexander Bonnyman Jr., who was killed during the Battle of Tarawa, January 1947.
Shoup (right) with the other Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1961
Shoup (center) congratulates Marines William McMillan and James Enoch Hill, who had won medals in the 1960 Summer Olympics.Awards 5
Connected to David 6
Mark Lambert BristolAlso won Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Charles A. LockwoodAlso won Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Lawson P. RamageAlso won Navy Distinguished Service Medal
John William VesseyAlso won Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Ben MoreellAlso won Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Joseph T. McNarneyAlso won Navy Distinguished Service MedalAbout this person
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Lived 1904 to 1983 · aged 78
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