Smedley
Darlington Butler, Major General - United States Marine Corps [Retired]
Born West Chester, Pa., July 30, 1881, Educated Haverford School
Married Ethel C. Peters, of Philadelphia, June 30, 1905
Awarded two congressional medals of honor, for capture of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
1914, and for capture of Ft. Riviere, Haiti, 1917
Distinguished service medal, 1919, Retired Oct. 1, 1931
On leave of absence to act as director of Department of Safety, Philadelphia,
1932
Lecturer - 1930's, Republican Candidate for Senate, 1932
Died at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, June 21, 1940
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