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Marine general William H Rupertus is best known today for writing the Corps Riflemans Creed Rupertus was one of the outstanding Marines of the twentieth century but he died in 1945 so his story has never been told

Rupertus made his bones in the USMCs savage wars of peace before World War II Haiti for three years after World War I China in 1929 and again in 1937

In World War II Rupertus commanded during four important battles Tulagi and Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign the Battle of Cape Gloucester and Peleliu It was a series of blistering battlesand ultimately victoriesthat helped break the back of the Japanese and pave the way for American victory In the course of these battles Rupertus became the Patton of the Pacificruthless in war always on the attack merciless against the enemy undefeated in battleseven as he proved himself very much like Eisenhower suavely diplomatic and able to balance war with politics

Old Breed General is the biography of Rupertus and the story of the Marines at war in the Pacific This is an American story of love loss shock horror tragedy and triumph