The author of the terse sentence was Major General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, Commander of the Marines in the Solomons, and he certainly had been busy. At 55, he had been climbing up & down ...

General Alexander Vandegrift, commander of the 1st Marine ... Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax agenda scores major victory in House despite GOP rebellion threats Dave Ramsey has blunt words on 401 ...

Under studious, composed Major General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, they had met 15,000 Japanese and learned by bitter experience how to meet the Japs’ strange, unorthodox tactics of the jungle.

Alexander Vandegrift. “When you take the name Vandegrift, you better do it right,” Marine Major Gen. Lawrence Nicholson said during Thursday’s ceremony. “We will not forget this ship.

Capt. H. Thomas Workman, who had been a deputy squadron commander, has commanded the Vandegrift since Darlak was cashiered. The ship is named for General Alexander Vandegrift, who led Marines in ...

The boat is named for General Alexander Vandegrift, a Medal of Honor recipient who led Marines in the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II and later served as 18th commandant of the United ...