User:Scismgenie/Major General Keller E. Rocky

Major General Keller E. Rockey, US Marine Corps, was 56 at Iwo Jima and a veteran of 31 years of service to the Corps. He was born in Columbia City, Indiana, graduated from Gettysburg College, and studied at Yale University. Like his fellow division commanders, Rockey served in France in World War I. He was awarded the Navy Cross as a junior officer in the 5th Marines at Chateau-Thierry, France. A second Navy Cross came later for heroic service in Nicaragua. He also served in Haiti and two years at sea. He attended the Field Officers' Course at Quantico, Virginia, and the Army Command and General Staff Course. He spent the first years of World War II] at [[Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, DC, first as Director, Division of Plans and Policies, then as Assistant Commandant. In February 1944 General Rockey assumed command of the 5th Marine Division and led the unit through the Battle of Iwo Jima] Commanding General, [[5th Marine Division. He would receive the Distinguished Service Medal for inspired combat leadership in this epic battle.

Source: http://www.nps.gov/archive/wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003131-00/sec3.htm Photograph, USMC, Official Photograph of Major General Keller E. Rockey, USMC