Holland Smith

Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith, KCB was a general in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He is sometimes called the "father" of modern U.S. amphibious warfare. His nickname, "Howlin' Mad" Smith, had been given to him by his troops in the Dominican Republic in 1916.

20 April 1882

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Beatrice Ask • Crispin Glover • Don Mattingly • Dwight Gustafson • Felix Baumgartner • Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau • Henry de Montherlant • Irene Lieblich • Johnny Gavin (footballer) • Jorge Pinto • Julia Morris • Julie Powell • K. Alex Müller • Svante Pääbo • Toivo Aare

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