Robert E. Cushman Jr.
✓ Source-basedstable25th Commandant of the Marine Corps
United StatesLived 1914 to 1985 · aged 70Robert Everton Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 25th commandant of the Marine Corps from January 1, 1972, to June 30, 1975. He was honored for heroism during World War II at the battles of Guam, Bougainville and Iwo Jima.
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Lieutenant General Robert E. Cushman, Jr. with General Wallace M. Greene and Major General Donn J. Robertson listening to map briefing by Lieutenant Colonel John D. Counselman, Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, Da Nang, 1967.
Lieutenant General Robert Cushman, Jr. and the Honorable Charles Baird (Under Secretary of the Navy) in briefing about Marine Aircraft Group 12 (1967)
Lieutenant General Cushman as Commanding General III MAF in the centre with Commandant Wallace M. Greene (left) and General William C. Westmoreland, Commanding general of MACV in Vietnam, 1967.Awards 7
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Robert Everton Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 25th commandant of the Marine Corps from January 1, 1972, to June 30, 1975. He was honored for heroism during World War II at the battles of Guam, Bougainville and Iwo Jima. He also commanded all Marine forces in the Vietnam War from June to December 1967, and served as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1969 to 1971.
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