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GENERAL A. A. VANDEGRIFT Rec. 9 a.m.' WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. The Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Frank, Knox,'/announced that Lieu-
tenant-General Alexander A. Vandegrift had been appointed Commandant of 'the ■ Marine Corps, succeeding Lieutenant-General Thomas Holcomb, who is reaching the retiring age.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 133, 2 December 1943, Page 6
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45TO LEAD MARINES Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 133, 2 December 1943, Page 6
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