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Edwin Allen Pollock (21 March 1899 – 5 November 1982) was a United States Marine Corps General and a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II and Korea; he commanded both the 1st and 2d Marine Divisions and is the only man to have served as commanding general of both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleet Marine Force.
General Edwin A. Pollock, former Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, died 5 November 1982 at the Medal University of South Carolina. He had been advanced to the rank of general upon retirement by reason of having been specially commended in combat.
7. Nov. 1982 · Gen. Edwin A. Pollock of the Marines, a World War II hero at Guadalcanal, died Friday at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital. He was 83 years old. General Pollock was admitted at...
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Colonel Edwin A. Pollock (MCSN: 0-3745), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary...
- March 21, 1899
- November 5, 1982
Cates turned to Lt. Col. Edwin A. Pollock, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, to prepare his men for the seemingly inevitable attack. A veteran of the Banana Wars in Central America, Pollock was a no-nonsense Marine. His battalion stretched for 2,700 yards. A thousand yards of this was along the Lunga coast and the remainder ...
70 Miles of Cold, Hard Road. Six decades ago the 1st Marine Division battered its way to one of the most startling achievements in the history of warfare: a full-scale withdrawal that left the enemy in tatters.
General Edwin A. Pollock Atlantic, died 5 November 1982 at the Medical University of South Carolina. He had been advanced to the rank of General upon retirement by reason of having been specially commended in combat.
