Harry Schmidt (USMC)

Harry Schmidt was a United States Marine Corps general. During World War II, he served as the Commanding General of the Fourth Marine Division during the battles of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Saipan in the Mariana Islands, and as Commanding General of the Fifth Amphibious Corps during the battles of Tinian in the Marianas and Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands.

Schmidt was born in Holdrege, Nebraska, onSeptember 1886. He attended Nebraska State Normal College for two years before accepting a commission as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Nebraska Infantry which he resigned from onAugust 1909 in order to enter the U.S. Marine Corps as a second lieutenant onAugust 1909.

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