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Le général Merrill Barber Twining (28 novembre 1902 - 11 mai 1996) est un général du Corps des Marines des États-Unis qui a reçu une "promotion de pierre tombale" ("tombstone promotion") au grade de général quatre étoiles lors de son départ à la retraite.
General Merrill Barber Twining (November 28, 1902 – May 11, 1996) was a United States Marine Corps general who received a "tombstone promotion" to four-star general upon retirement. He was the brother of Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining, and the nephew of Rear Admiral Nathan Crook Twining.
General Merrill B. Twining, a brilliant officer whose vision and skillful determination helped shape the Marine Corps after World War II, died 11 May 1996 in Fallbrook, California. He had retired from active duty with the Marine Corps 31 October 1959.
Le général Merrill Barber Twining (28 novembre 1902 - 11 mai 1996) est un général du Corps des Marines des États-Unis qui a reçu une "promotion de pierre tombale" ("tombstone promotion") au grade de général quatre étoiles lors de son départ à la retraite.
Two years earlier, at Noumea, New Caledonia, Marine Lieutenant Colonel Merrill B. Twining heard Army officers freely express their opinions about the recently ended Guadalcanal campaign and the future organization of the armed services.
20 déc. 2019 · No bended knee : the battle for Guadalcanal : the memoir of Gen. Merrill B. Twining USMC (Ret.) by. Twining, Merrill B. Publication date. 1996. Topics. Twining, Merrill B, United States. Marine Corps. Divison, 1st -- History, United States.
18 déc. 2007 · Merrill B. Twining. Random House Publishing Group, Dec 18, 2007 - History - 288 pages. “A VIVID NARRATIVE . . . A splendid first-person account of the costly campaign that enabled Allied forces...
