First Tennessee General
N 36° 21.993 W 089° 25.995
16S E 281696 N 4027355
Marker is located outside the General Cates National Guard Armory in Tiptonville, TN.
Waymark Code: WM27CC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2007
Views: 17
First Marine Division on Guadalcanal during World War II. As a Brigadier General, Cates commanded the Fourth Marine Division during the conquest of Tinian and Iwo Jima in 1944. Cates was the first Tennessean to achieve the rank of full general. From 1948 to 1952, General Cates served as the 19th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Wounded seven times, General Cates received many American and foreign medals. A member of the US Marine Corps for thirty-seven years, General Cates' military service extended to the Korean War. He died in 1970 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1944
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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