Research Guides: QPME: The Lessons and Legacy of General John A. Lejeune: Documents

Letters

General Order No. 52
Dated 9 September 1918.
Lejeune's Letter to the Second Division - 11 Oct 1918
In this motivating letter dated 11 Oct 1918, MajGen John Lejeune congratulates 2nd Division Marines on a fight well fought.
Neville's Armistice Message to the 4th Marine Brigade - 11 Nov 1918
This letter by BGen W. C. Neville, dated 11 Nov 1918, recognizes the heroic actions of the 4th Brigade during WWI.
General Orders No. 1: Lejeune's Letter to the Second Division - 1 Jan 1919
Marine Corps Orders No. 47 (Series 1921)
Perhaps the most famous, if not the most widely read, of all Marine Corps orders.
War Portfolio - U.S. Marine Corps
Developed by Captain Earl H. Ellis, USMC in 1921 and approved by Gen Lejeune.

Learning Aids

These Learning Aids are provided as references to primary source documents, photos, and quotations that illustrate Gen Lejeunes's impact on the Marine Corps.

“It became my mission to rebuild the structure of the Corps and prepare it to meet any emergencies which might thereafter confront it.”

- John A. Lejeune

Articles

The Vision of John A. Lejeune
by Joseph D. Dodd. Marine Corps Gazette. Vol. 51, Iss. 11, (Nov 1967): 34-40.
Origins Of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

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