Peter J. Ortiz
✓ Source-basedfallingUnited States Marine Corps officer (1913-1988)
Pierre (Peter) Julien Ortiz OBE was a United States Marine Corps colonel who received two Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism as a major in World War II.
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Rio Grande
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Twelve O'Clock High
The Wings of Eagles
The Desert Rats
Sirocco
Hell and High Water
Flying Leathernecks
Blackbeard, the Pirate
A Lawless Street
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
What Price Glory
King Richard and the Crusaders
7th Cavalry
The Capture
Son of Sinbad
I'll See You in My Dreams
Retreat, Hell!
The Halliday Brand
Spy HuntAwards 3
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About this person
Pierre (Peter) Julien Ortiz OBE was a United States Marine Corps colonel who received two Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism as a major in World War II. He served in North Africa and Europe during the war, as a member of the French Foreign Legion, the Marine Corps, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), operating behind enemy lines several times. Ortiz also acted in Hollywood films after the war. He was one of very few Marines who served in combat in Europe during World War II, and one of the most decorated Marine officers of the war.
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