Why hasn't our government so honored Smedley too

[10thzodiac]

Four Marine Corps heroes honored on postage stamps

http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_053a.jpg

http://democracyrising.us/images/stories/smedleybutler1.jpg (http://democracyrising.us/content/view/191/164/)Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps, was one of the two Marines who received two Medals of Honor for separate acts of outstanding heroism. General Butler was born in 1881 and raised as a Quaker. He was still in his teens when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant for the war with Spain and served in the Philippines, China, Puerto Rico, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, France, and, after a stint as Director of Public Safety in Philadelphia, in China again. General Butler died at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia on 21 June 1940. At the time of his death the most decorated marine in U.S. history.

[jryanjack]

My guess would be because they picked 2 officers and 2 enlisted Marines to be honored and Gen Butler didn't make the cut. While I am sure that there are many theory's as to why - mine would be that Gen LeJune had more accomplishments and was Commandant (we still read his USMC Birthday address every year on Nov 10th) - and Chesty, because he's Chesty!

[wsky9er]

Smedley Butler was a Communist Pinko who was involved in a plot to over throw this this government:devious:

[RLeon]

My guess would be because they picked 2 officers and 2 enlisted Marines to be honored and Gen Butler didn't make the cut. While I am sure that there are many theory's as to why - mine would be that Gen LeJune had more accomplishments and was Commandant (we still read his USMC Birthday address every year on Nov 10th) - and Chesty, because he's Chesty!
That's my thoughts on the matter...I don't think it's some kind of conspiracy.

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For years Marines have been aggressively pushing the USPS for a stamp to honor their heroes. The problem was that the Corps has so many legendary figures, Marines seldom agreed as to who should be on a stamp.

Sure, there was a general consensus that the late and colorful Lieutenant General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, with his five Navy Crosses, was definitely a contender. Retired Marine Major Jacques Lorraine waged a relentless 10-year campaign for LtGen Puller to have his own stamp. Others argued that Sergeant Major Dan Daly or MajGen Smedley D. Butler, who both have two Medals of Honor, were no less worthy. Others said, “What about Colonel Mitchell Paige, Gunnery Sergeant “Manila John” Basilone (Jordan A. Jaffe led a drive to obtain one million signatures on a petition demanding a stamp for GySgt Basilone), Sergeant John H. Quick or Private John J. Kelly?”

“Don't forget the ‘real motivators' who kept the Corps together,” stated the more cerebral students of the Corps' history, referring to Marines such as LtGen John A. Lejeune, General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Gen Louis H. Wilson Jr. or Gen Alfred M. “Al” Gray. There are literally hundreds of other possible leatherneck names whose images would honor any U.S. Postal Service stamp. In the end, the Postal Service made its four choices—four good men among many. It chose well.

[RLeon]

The USPS should do a series, like they've done with other subjects like comic book super heroes and baseball greats.

[8th&I Marine]

Dont Forget Major Boyington

[10thzodiac]

I just met 89 year old Corporal Pasquale Forte, veteran of Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and Guadalcanal (WIA). ~ Enough said!

SF

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