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Keller Emrick Rockey (September 22, 1888 – June 6, 1970) was a highly decorated lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps, who commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and the Third Amphibious Corps during the occupation of North China following the war. For outstanding services ...
9 de jun. de 1970 · HARWICH PORT, Mass., June 8 (AP)—Lieut. Gen. Keller E. Rockey, who commanded the Fifth Marine Division at the battle of Iow Jima, died Satur day at the age of 81. He leaves his wife, Susan McGee...
Keller Emrick Rockey (22 de septiembre de 1888 - 6 de junio de 1970) fue un teniente general altamente condecorado del Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos, que comandó la Quinta División de Infantería de Marina en la Batalla de Iwo Jima durante Segunda Guerra Mundial y el Tercer Cuerpo Anfibio durante la ocupación del norte de China ...
Lieutenant General Keller E. Rockey died of a heart attack, 6 June 1970, in Harwich Port, Massachusetts. He was 81. Funeral services with full military honors were held 11 June 1970, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
5 de feb. de 2024 · United States Marine Lieutenant General Keller E. Rockey (September 22, 1888 – June 6, 1970) commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the battle of Iwo Jima. On February 19, 1945, the Fifth Division assaulted the island of Iwo Jima with the V Amphibious Corps.
Keller Rockey was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1913 and served through World War I and World War II, with additional heroic service between the two wars in Nicaragua. He retired as a...
Keller Emrick Rockey (September 22, 1888 – June 6, 1970) was a highly decorated Lieutenant General in the United States Marine Corps, who commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and the Third Amphibious Corps during the occupation of North China following the war.
