Merritt A. Edson

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Medal of Honor recipient United States Marine Corps general human

Merritt A. Edson was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general and Medal of Honor recipient renowned for his leadership of "Edson's Raiders" during World War II, particularly in the Guadalcanal campaign.

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Label	Occurrences
Merritt A. Edson canonical	8

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Medal of Honor recipient ⓘ United States Marine Corps general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Medal of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Distinguished Service Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ
causeOfNotability	heroism and leadership in combat during World War II ⓘ
commanded	1st Marine Raider Battalion NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Marine Raider Battalion NERFINISHED ⓘ 5th Marine Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Edson NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	amphibious warfare ⓘ military leadership ⓘ special operations ⓘ
fullName	Merritt Austin Edson NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Merritt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix	Major General ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix	USMC NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
middleName	Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank	major general ⓘ
militaryUnit	1st Marine Raider Battalion NERFINISHED ⓘ 2nd Marine Raider Battalion NERFINISHED ⓘ 5th Marine Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Edson's Raiders NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Mike NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Edson's Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	defense of Lunga Ridge on Guadalcanal ⓘ leading Marine Raiders in the Pacific Theater ⓘ
notableWork	Leadership of Edson's Raiders on Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
partOf	United States Marine Raiders NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief of Staff, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ Commanding officer of 1st Marine Raider Battalion ⓘ
serviceNumber	United States Marine Corps officer service number (specific number not provided) ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bloody Ridge → notableCommander → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ

Battle for Henderson Field → commander → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ

Battle of Edson's Ridge → commander → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ

Battle of Edson's Ridge → namedAfter → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ

Marine Raiders → notableCommander → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ

Operation Blissful → commander → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ

Edson’s Ridge → namedAfter → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ

Lunga Ridge → commandedByDefenders → Merritt A. Edson ⓘ