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Hunt was
selected to participate in the Grand Conference that reviewed the Tentative Manual for Landing Operations
in December 1933. He later led 5
Marine Regiment at Guadalcanal. However, he was one of the officers sent back to the mainland by Vandegrift
when a call came for cadre for new formations in September 1942. Though
Hunt was an old friend of Vandergrift, it was widely believed by other
Marine officers that Vandegrift selected those officers for cadre he
felt had not measured up.
Hunt commanded 2
Marine Division from June 1945 and led the division in its occupation duties in
Japan following the surrender.
| 1892-3-17
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Born at Newark, New Jersey |
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| 1917-3-16 |
Second
lieutenant |
Commissioned in Marine Corps. Assigned to Marine
Barracks, Norfolk |
| 1917 |
First lieutenant |
|
| 1917 |
Captain |
5
Marine Regiment, France |
| 1919-7 |
Major |
Recruiting officer, Portland |
| 1924-6 |
Commander, Marine Detachment, BB
Maryland |
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| 1929 |
Field Officers' Course |
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| 1930-6 |
Nicaragua |
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| 1935-6 |
Lieutenant colonel |
Matanuska Colonization Project, Alaska |
| 1938 |
Naval War College |
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| 1939-5 |
BB California |
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| 1941-2 |
2
Marine Division |
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| 1940-1 |
Colonel |
|
| 1941-7 |
Commander, 5
Marine Regiment |
|
| 1942-9 |
Brigadier general |
Assistant commander, 2 Marine Division |
| 1944-2 |
Major general |
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| 1945-6-23 |
Commander, 2 Marine Division | |
| 1946 |
Commander, I Corps, Japan |
|
| 1947-1 |
Commander, Department of the
Pacific, San Francisco |
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| 1949-7 |
Lieutenant general |
Commander, Fleet Marine Forces,
Atlantic |
| 1951-7-1 |
General |
Retires |
| 1968-2-8
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Dies at San Francisco |
United States Marine Corps History Division (accessed 2008-9-27)
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