MILITARY PERSONNEL

Holland Smith

1882 - 1967

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Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith, KCB (April 20, 1882 – January 12, 1967) was a general in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He is sometimes called the "father" of modern U.S. amphibious warfare. His nickname, "Howlin' Mad" Smith, had been given to him by his troops in the Dominican Republic in 1916. On the eve of World War II, General Smith directed extensive Army, Navy, and Marine amphibious training, which was a major factor in successful U.S. landings in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He subsequently helped prepare U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Holland Smith has received more than 527,479 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Holland Smith is the 1,261st most popular military personnel (down from 1,037th in 2019), the 3,697th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,306th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Holland Smith ranks 1,261 out of 2,058. Before him are Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Otto Ciliax, Lucius D. Clay, Arleigh Burke, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, and Ieronim Uborevich. After him are Karl Decker, Antonio Luna, Vitalian, Movses Silikyan, Illus, and Claude Choules.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Holland Smith ranks 133. Before him are Joseph Cardijn, Hugh Dowding, Maurice Germot, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Karl Valentin, and Huseyn Javid. After him are Nicolae Titulescu, José Vasconcelos, Geraldine Farrar, Kazimierz Bartel, Arnold Rothstein, and Douglas Mawson. Among people deceased in 1967, Holland Smith ranks 124. Before him are Varian Fry, Carl Sandburg, Richard Ruoff, Victor de Sabata, Enrico Dante, and Bob Anderson. After him are Tudor Arghezi, José Martínez Ruiz, Geraldine Farrar, André-Louis Danjon, Antonio Moreno, and Péter Palotás.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Holland Smith ranks 3,697 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Bridger (1804), Glen Cook (1944), Will Patton (1954), Kamehameha IV (1834), Eve Arnold (1912), and Jersey Joe Walcott (1914). After him are Chuck Feeney (1931), David Cassidy (1950), Syd Mead (1933), Timothy Hutton (1960), Peter Senge (1947), and Kevin Hagen (1928).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Holland Smith ranks 59. Before him are David Petraeus (1952), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Doris Miller (1919), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Lucius D. Clay (1898), and Arleigh Burke (1901). After him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Tommy Franks (1945), Kit Carson (1809), Marc Mitscher (1887), and Frank Serpico (1936).

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