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unusual facts about Frederick E. Turnage


Turnage

Frederick E. Turnage, North Carolina city councillor and former mayor of Rocky Mount


Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

The first Marine to hold the billet as "Assistant to the Commandant" was Eli K. Cole (Allen H. Turnage being the last), while Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. was the first to hold it as the "Assistant Commandant".

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Frederick Crane

Frederick E. Crane (1869–1947), American lawyer and politician from New York

Frederick E. Humphreys

He was called up with his regiment for Mexican Border service after Pancho Villa's raids in 1916, he served as an aide to Major General John F. O'Ryan, Commanding General of the New York (later 27th) Division.

2nd Lt. Humphreys deployed to Cuba during the Pacification Expedition, and a year later, returned to attend the Engineer Officer Basic Course.

After graduation and commissioning, he was assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers and sent to Fort Riley, Kansas where he worked in bridge construction.

Frederick E. Toy

Toy's status as an MOH recipient, as well as the others awarded at Wounded Knee, was brought up during a congressional hearing on July 29, 1993, by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell who suggested their medals be rescinded given the controversial nature of the battle.

Frederick Humphreys

Frederick E. Humphreys (1883–1941), one of the original three military pilots trained by the Wright brothers

Frederick Woodbridge

Frederick E. Woodbridge (1818–1888), American polician and lawyer from Vermont


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