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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 474,065 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Holland Smith is the 1,037th most popular military personnel (up from 1,090th in 2019), the 3,314th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,727th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Holland Smith ranks 1,037 out of 1,468Before him are Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Grigory Shtern, Captain Tom, Adolphe Pégoud, and Richard Ruoff. After him are Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Chram, Agustina de Aragón, Mikhail Katukov, Demetrios Ypsilantis, and Georg von der Marwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Holland Smith ranks 119Before him are Shigenori Tōgō, Kamo, Emma Jung, Halil Kut, Douglas Mawson, and Arnold Rothstein. After him are Leo White, Takenoshin Nakai, Geraldine Farrar, Robert Hichens, Donald Crisp, and Hugh Dowding. Among people deceased in 1967, Holland Smith ranks 107Before him are George Lincoln Rockwell, Joseph Cardijn, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Isaac Deutscher, Ernst Niekisch, and Richard Ruoff. After him are Tudor Arghezi, Miklós Kállay, Alberto Bayo, Geraldine Farrar, Eugen Fischer, and Josef Frank.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Holland Smith ranks 3,314 out of 18,182Before him are Garret Hobart (1844), E. C. Segar (1894), Alan Wilson (1943), Ken Jenkins (1940), Irene Dunne (1898), and Jason Miller (1939). After him are Craig T. Nelson (1944), Dan Hedaya (1940), Bugs Moran (1893), Chris Wallace (1947), Harlan Ellison (1934), and Claire Trevor (1910).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Holland Smith ranks 50Before him are Alexander Haig (1924), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Ernest King (1878), Walton Walker (1889), John Basilone (1916), and David Petraeus (1952). After him are Monte Melkonian (1957), Lucius D. Clay (1898), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Kit Carson (1809), Doris Miller (1919), and George Dewey (1837).