Holland M. Smith

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United States Marine Corps general human

Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.

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Label	Occurrences
Holland M. Smith canonical	15
General Holland M. Smith	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine Corps general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
awardReceived	Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ
birthDate	1882-04-20 ⓘ
birthPlace	Hatchechubbee, Alabama, United States ⓘ
burialPlace	Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
commissionedIn	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
commissionedRank	Second Lieutenant ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1967-01-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
educatedAt	Auburn University ⓘ University of Alabama School of Law ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
familyName	Smith ⓘ
fieldOfWork	amphibious warfare ⓘ
givenName	Holland ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
nickname	Howlin’ Mad ⓘ
notableCommand	Marine forces in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ Marine forces in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
notableFor	leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater during World War II ⓘ
notableWork	development of U.S. amphibious assault doctrine in the Pacific ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ Battle of Saipan ⓘ Battle of Tarawa ⓘ Invasion of Tinian ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tinian
positionHeld	Commander, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific ⓘ Commander, V Amphibious Corps ⓘ
promotedToRank	Brigadier General ⓘ General ⓘ Lieutenant General ⓘ Major General ⓘ
serviceNumber	0-499 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
yearOfCommission	1905 ⓘ

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Battle of Iwo Jima → commander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Battle of Saipan → commander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Operation Detachment → commander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Operation Forager → landForcesCommandedBy → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Camp H. M. Smith → namedForFullName → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Holland M. Smith

Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → commander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign → alliedCommander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Invasion of Tinian → commander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

V Amphibious Corps → notableCommander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Battle of Kwajalein → commanderForUnitedStates → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Central Pacific campaign (initial phase) → commandedBy → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Operation Flintlock → commander → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Howlin’ Mad → refersTo → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Commander, V Amphibious Corps → firstOfficeholder → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Commander, V Amphibious Corps → notableOfficeholder → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

Hatchechubbee, Alabama, United States → hasNotablePerson → Holland M. Smith ⓘ

subject surface form: Hatchechubbee, Alabama