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Holland Smith

1882 - 1967

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Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith, KCB (April 20, 1882 – January 12, 1967) was a general in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He is sometimes called the "father" of modern U.S. amphibious warfare. His nickname, "Howlin' Mad" Smith, had been given to him by his troops in the Dominican Republic in 1916. On the eve of World War II, General Smith directed extensive Army, Navy, and Marine amphibious training, which was a major factor in successful U.S. landings in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He subsequently helped prepare U.S. Army and Canadian troops for the Kiska and Attu landings, then led the V Amphibious Corps in the assaults on the Gilbert Islands, the Marshall Islands, the island of Saipan, and Tinian in the Marianas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Holland Smith is the 1,386th most popular military personnel (down from 1,261st in 2019), the 4,797th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,697th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Holland Smith ranks 1,386 out of 2,058. Before him are Megabyzus, Friedrich Christiansen, Wisimar, Alexey Maresyev, Avraham Adan, and Hulusi Akar. After him are Serhiy Tkach, François Séverin Marceau, Vicente Rojo Lluch, Erwin Rösener, Naomi Parker Fraley, and Gisulf I of Friuli.

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Among people born in 1882, Holland Smith ranks 150. Before him are Yakov Perelman, Arnold Rothstein, Karl Valentin, Kazimierz Bartel, Monteiro Lobato, and Louis Pergaud. After him are Hendrik Willem van Loon, Nicolae Titulescu, Louis St. Laurent, Jenő Fuchs, Johannes Gabriel Granö, and Elisabeth Abegg. Among people deceased in 1967, Holland Smith ranks 148. Before him are Eugen Fischer, Charles Bickford, Otto Erich Deutsch, Mischa Elman, Geki, and Eddie Tolan. After him are Daniel Jones, Jaromír Weinberger, Ramón Encinas, André Cluytens, Evelyn Nesbit, and Fernando Paternoster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Holland Smith ranks 4,797 out of 20,380. Before him are Horace McCoy (1897), Lesley Gore (1946), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Jane Badler (1953), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), and R. Budd Dwyer (1939). After him are Frank Loomis (1896), Doug Savant (1964), Richard Linklater (1960), Dimebag Darrell (1966), Dutch Schultz (1902), and Ed O'Ross (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Holland Smith ranks 80. Before him are John C. Woods (1911), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), William Calley (1943), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), and Theodore Van Kirk (1921). After him are Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Short (1880), Melvin Purvis (1903), Marc Mitscher (1887), and Walter Bedell Smith (1895).

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