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    Ronald F. Lewis

    US Army general, former assistant to the Secretary of Defense

    Ronald Flynn Lewis[2] (born 1966) is a former three-star general in the United States Army, retroactively demoted to brigadier general. He last served as special assistant to Vice Chief of Staff of the United States ArmyDaniel B. Allyn, and prior to that was the senior military assistant to United States Secretary of DefenseAsh Carter from April to November 2015.

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    Lewis was born in Kittery, Maine to Richard and Emma Lewis, the former being a retired United States Air Force sergeant with 12 years of military service. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Vanderpoel Elementary School and later Mendel Catholic Preparatory High School before proceeding to West Point in 1983. He graduated from West Point with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. Lewis was a student in the United States Naval War College from 2006 to 2007, where he re

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    World War II and Korean War: Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Puller

    Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898–October 11, 1971) was a U.S. Marine who saw battle experience in World War II and in the Korean War conflict. He was one of the most decorated Marines in U.S. history.

    Fast Facts: Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller

    • Known For: One of the most decorated U.S. Marines in history, serving in World War II and Korea
    • Born: June 26, 1898 in West Point, Virginia
    • Parents: Martha Richardson Leigh and Matthew M. Puller
    • Died: October 11, 1971 at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia
    • Education: Virginia Military Institute (1917–1918)
    • Spouse: Virginia Montague Evans (m. November 13, 1937)
    • Children: Virginia McCandlish (b. 1938), twins Martha Leigh and Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (b. 1944)

    Early Life

    Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller was born June 26, 1898, at West Point, Virginia, the third of four children born to Matthew M. Puller and M

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    Lewis J. Fields

    U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General

    Lewis Jefferson Fields (October 1, 1909 – March 5, 1988) was a highly decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of lieutenant general. He served with 1st Marine Division during Vietnam War and later as commanding general of United States Marine Corps Development and Education Command.[1][2]

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    Fields was born on October 1, 1909, in Delmar, Maryland, and later attended a high school in Crisfield, Maryland, in 1927. He subsequently enrolled at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics on June 3, 1931. During his junior high school years, Fields entered the Maryland National Guard and served continuously with that organization until January 1932. He struggled to find a job during the Great nedstämdhet, but decided to enlist in the Marine Corps in January 1932, hoping to obtain a commission.[