Lou Diamond
Master Gunnery Sergeant Leland "Lou" Sanford Diamond, USMC (May 30, 1890 – September 20, 1951) is famous within the U.S. Marine Corps as the classic example of the "Old Breed" — tough, hard-fighting career marines who served in the corps in the years between World War I and World War II.
Read more about Lou Diamond: Early Years, Character, World War I, Inter-war Period, World War II, Retirement, Death, Legacy
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