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	Smedley Butler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940), nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker" and "Old Gimlet Eye," was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history.
		Butler was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the oldest in a family of three sons.
		Butler was educated at the West Chester Friends Graded High School and later at the Haverford Preparatory School, an elite secondary school for sons of upper-class Quaker families near Philadelphia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smedley_Butler (2459 words)

	Marine Corps Legacy Museum - Smedley D. Butler
		Smedley Darlington Butler was born at West Chester, PA on July 30, 1881.
		Less than a year later, serving under Major L.W.T. Waller, Butler was combating the Chinese I Ho Ch'uan, (Virtuous, Harmonious Fists) commonly known as the "Boxers." This group, attacking Chinese Christians and slaughtering missionaries, was embarked upon a pillaging and rioting spree with the plan of ousting Westerners from the Western enclaves.
		Reaching the fort on the southern side where there was a small opening in the wall, Major Butler gave the signal to attack and Marines from the Fifteenth Company poured through the breach, engaged the Cacos in hand-to-hand combat, took the bastion and crushed Caco resistance.
	www.mclm.com /tohonor/sbutler.html (1113 words)

	General Smedley Darlington Butler speech in 1933 on Veterans and War
		Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps' long history, was one of the two Marines who received two Medals of Honor for separate acts of outstanding heroism.
		In April 1899, Lieutenant Butler was assigned to duty with the Marine Battalion at Manila, Philippine Islands.
		His father was Thomas S. Butler, for over thirty years a Representative in Congress from the Delaware-Chester County district of Pennsylvania, and a longtime chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee.
	www.diodon349.com /Vets_stuff/general_smedley_darlington_butler_speech_1933.htm (1080 words)

	Smedley Butler
		Major General Butler, later known to thousands of Marines as "Ol' Gimlet Eye," was born 30 July 1881.
		In April 1899, 1stLt Butler was assigned to duty with the Marine Battalion at Manila, Philippine Islands.
		The Smedley D. Butler Brigade of Veterans For Peace, named in honor of General Butler, was founded in 1985.
	cancelmyglobe.com /?page=24 (807 words)

	Official Website of James Landrith: Taking The Gloves Off - Smedley Darlington Butler: Maverick Major General
		Smedley Darlington Butler was born on July 30, 1881 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
		Butler was raised a Quaker in keeping with his heritage and religious beliefs of both his father and mother (Who’s Who).
		Butler remained at Quantico until 1924, when he was granted a temporary leave to assist the Philadelphia city government revitalize their law enforcement efforts.
	jameslandrith.com /content/view/73/44 (1337 words)

	War is a Racket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Smedley Darlington Butler.
		War is a Racket (1935) is a short work by former U.S. Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, where Butler discusses how business interests have commercially benefited from warfare.
		Butler points to a variety of examples, mostly from World War I, where industrialists whose operations were subsidised by public funding were able to generate substantial profits essentially from mass human suffering.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_is_a_Racket (142 words)

	Marine Corps Heritage Books Generals Reading List
		Most Marines know that Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was the only officer in the Corps to win two Medals of Honor.
		In 1900, Smedley marched on Tientsin and Peking to relieve the Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
		It was during Nicaragua, Schmidt asserts, that Butler "clearly established his preeminence in the tactics of colonial warfare--bold imperious leadership of small units so as to bluff the natives into submission, thereby avoiding the escalating costs, perils, and embitterments attendant to massive violence" (p.
	www.militaryreadinglist.com /cmcreadinglist/Heritage/generals.htm (1077 words)

	Forgotten Hero, Forgotten Veteran, True Patriot
		Butler was born in Pennsylvania and raised as a Quaker.
		Butler refused to accept the medal, saying he was simply doing his job as any Marine would have done, but was later ordered to accept the medal and did so.
		Butler's character was described as “colorful”, but the word is inadequate in describing his personal courage, his personal integrity and the character which inspired the loyalty of the men who served under him.
	www.vlrc.org /articles/31.html (1709 words)

	Smedley Darlington Butler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Smedley Darlington Butler was born at West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 1881.
		Butler's arrival in Cuba at the camp of the First Marine Battalion (Reinforced) was notable for a somewhat comic incident that ocurred.
		Major Butler participated in the bombardment, assault, and capture of Coyotepe hill fortress near Masaya Lagoon, Nicaragua, October 12 to 31, 1912.
	www.spanamwar.com /1stmarinesbutler.htm (1416 words)

	The Plot To Seize The White House - I - The Plot
		Smedley Butler was a wiry bantam of a man, shoulders hunched forward as though braced against the pull of a heavy knapsack, his hawk nose prominent in the leathery face of an adventurer.
		Butler pointed out the contradiction between MacGuire's claim that his group was concerned with the problems of the poor rank-and-file veteran and the fact that his backers were all obviously wealthy men.
		Butler declared that he believed that democracy was in danger from growing antidemocratic forces within the country and that he planned to appeal to the nation's veterans to unite against this threat.
	www.clubhousewreckards.com /plot/ptstwh1theplot.htm (10200 words)

	Smedley D. Butler Citation: Congressional Medal of Honor Society
		Butler was eminent and conspicuous in command of his battalion.
		Reaching the fort on the southern side where there was a small opening in the wall, Maj. Butler gave the signal to attack and marines from the 15th Company poured through the breach, engaged the Cacos in hand-to-hand combat, took the bastion and crushed the Caco resistance.
		Throughout this perilous action, Maj. Butler was conspicuous for his bravery and forceful leadership.
	www.cmohs.org /medal/history_links/s_butler.htm (238 words)

	Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Butler was a prominent public figure in the early decades of the 20th century, well known for being a soldier's soldier disdainful of military bureaucrats, a highly decorated war hero, and an advocate and enforcer of Prohibition in the 1920's as Philadelphia's Director of Public Safety.
		Butler's leave expires that you will try and teach him that a General should be a gentleman and a leader such as Pershing and Wood and not a common soldier.
		Butler viewed particular business interests as being the prime beneficiaries, not only in the sense that the military was often sent into harm's way to serve a special interest, but also because those businesses benefitted from military spending.
	www.chroniclesmagazine.org /Chronicles/July2002/0702Stooksbury.html (1978 words)

	Democracy Rising "Interview" with Smedley D. Butler, Major General, USMC - DemocracyRising.US
		Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps, was one of the two Marines who received two Medals of Honor for separate acts of outstanding heroism.
		General Butler was born in 1881 and raised as a Quaker.
		General Butler is no longer with us in body, but his spirit and his popularity live on.
	democracyrising.us /content/view/191/164 (1915 words)

	USN Ships--USS Butler (DD-636) -- Construction, 1941-1942
		USS Butler was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, on a shipway immediately adjacent to her sister ship, USS Gherardi (DD-637).
		Butler was the elder of the "twins" by a few minutes, since she was launched first during a dual christening ceremony.
		She was daughter of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, USMC, in whose honor USS Butler was named.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/dd636-v.htm (431 words)

	The White House Putsch
		According to the former general, MacGuire described to Butler "what was tantamount to a plot to seize the government, by force if necessary." MacGuire, said Butler, explained that he had traveled to Europe to study the role played by veterans' groups in propping up Mussolini's fascist Italy, Hitler's Nazi Germany, and the French government.
		To impress Butler, MacGuire had flaunted a bank book itemizing deposits of more than $100,000 available to pay for "expenses." Later, he flashed a wad of eighteen $1,000 bills and boasted of "friends" who were capable of coughing up plenty more dough where that came from.
		MacGuire denied [Butler's] allegations under oath, but your committee was able to verify all the pertinent statements made to General Butler, with the exception of the direct statement suggesting the creation of the organization.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /cons/whitehouse.html (1596 words)

	I was a Gangster for Capitalism by Major General Smedley Butler, November 1935
		I was a Gangster for Capitalism by Major General Smedley Butler, November 1935
		Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 - June 21, 1940) was at the time of his death the most decorated U.S. Marine in history.
		He was twice the recipient of the Medal of Honor, one of only nineteen to be so honored.
	www.doublestandards.org /butler2.html (356 words)

	Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler
		Smedley exhorted the vets, "It's your crowd that's going to do the dying and bleeding, not the Wall Street bunch of flag wavers," and the convention, "lifting chunks from the Vandenberg and Butler speeches," adapted an antiwar resolution calling for mandatory neutrality and withdrawal of all American forces from foreign soil.
		Butler's memory was subsequently honored by the 1941 commissioning of the destroyer USS Smedley D. Butler.
		Butler told a 1936 dentists' convention in Chicago that the FBI was one of the few government departments "which did not smell to high heaven." An FBI agent reported that the remainder of Smedley's speech, entitled "The Munitions Racket," was "rather radical...
	coat.ncf.ca /our_magazine/links/53/butler01-by_schmidt.html (5897 words)

	General Smedley Darlington Butler — www.greenwood.com
		Description: Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was a maverick Marine, the emblem of "the old corps," and one of the most controversial figures in Marine history.
		This work is an annotated edition of his letters covering the period from Butler's commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps to his retirement as a Major General.
		This is the first time the majority of these letters have been made public, and the book offers the reader a first-hand look at the motivations and attitudes of the American military as it implemented U.S. foreign policy at the turn of the century.
	www.greenwood.com /books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=C4141 (240 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - WAR IS A RACKET by Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U.S.M.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Democratic Underground Forums - WAR IS A RACKET by Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U.S.M.C. Home
		Butler was a True Patriot who won the Medal of Honor twice.
		Grunts, noncoms, and combat officers believed Butler was their friend.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID66/5971.html (1193 words)

	Welcome to Argonaut Online
		Butler had overcome the handicap of his name to achieve great popularity within the military and beyond.
		In the proposed coup, Butler’s job would be to command the 500,000-member American Legion and march on Washington a la Mussolini’s march on Rome.
		Butler feigned interest long enough to gather evidence on the bulk of the primary plotters.
	www.argonaut.uidaho.edu /archives/092404/opinion3.html (475 words)

	Amazon.ca: Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Butler joined the Marines in 1898 and saw action all over the world, winning two Medals of Honor, but he is remembered not so much for his military exploits as for his apostasy during his latter years.
		Butler would never consider himself an intellectual, but he had heaps of common sense - a quality which is sometimes lacking from those with sky-high IQs.
		In Butler's own book he said that, as a military man, he didn't have the capacity to question the ethics or motivations of his missions overseas.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0813116198 (1682 words)

	Welcome To Semper Fi Women
		SMEDLEY D. Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps' long history, was one of the two Marines who received two Medals of Honor for separate acts of outstanding heroism.
		He was still in his teens when, on 20 May 1898, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps for the War with Spain.
		He was survived by his widow, the former Ethel Conway Peters of Philadelphia, and their three children: Smedley D. Jr., Thomas Richard, and Ethel (Mrs.
	www.semperfiwomen.net /butler.htm (736 words)

	Black Arts Diary: War is a Racket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the most poignant and insightful essays on the true nature of war ever written was penned by retired Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler.
		With a name like that, you have two options in life: be beaten to death in the schoolyard before your tenth birthday, or become a man's man Marine.
		Butler's essay entitled War is a Racket makes a strong case against war.
	raath.org /v5/archives/2003/03/war_is_a_racket.html (255 words)

	The Marine Corps Wives Website Electronic Publications Page
		The penetrating stare that brought Smedley Darlington Butler the nickname "Old Gimlet Eye" was in evidence most of his career -- as was his maneuvering to influence the selection of the Marine Corps's top leadership.
		Such was the case of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, whose service began in 1898 with the Spanish-American War and ended in 1931 -- with a reprimand in lieu of a threatened court-martial.
		With Butler pressing his case, Williams received a court-martial, was found guilty, and was punished with a loss of numbers on the lineal list.
	www.chadduck.com /ymarines/library/documents/gimlet.html (1956 words)

	Smedley D Butler - Infantrymen's Military-Forum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		General Butler died at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, on 21 June 1940, following a four-week illness.
		The USS Butler, a destroyer, later converted to a high speed minesweeper, was named for General Butler in 1942.
		Citation: As Commanding Officer of detachments from the 5th, 13th, 23d Companies and the marine and sailor detachment from the U.S.S. Connecticut, Maj. Butler led the attack on Fort Riviere, Haiti, 17 November 1915.
	www.goinfantry.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2475 (2119 words)

	Untitled Document
		For 33 years, Butler -- a two-time recipient of the prestigious U.S. Medal of Honor -- had fought with the Marines.
		Butler played along in order to find out who was behind the scheme and then, in 1934, he testified under oath before the MacCormack-Dickstein House Committee that was examining Nazi propaganda in the United States.
		Butler named names and exposed the key fascist plotters.
	raenergy.igc.org /americanfascist.html (831 words)

	Smedley Butler: War is a Racket
		Hans Schmidt, in his 1987 biography of Butler, Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History, offers the following assessment: "Much of War is a Racket was stock antiwar, anti-imperialist idiom, part of an American tradition dating back to the eighteenth century.
		Butler's particular contribution was his recantation, denouncing war on moral grounds after having been a warrior hero and spending most of his life as a military insider.
		Like everything else on the Scuttlebutt & Small Chow site, General Butler's tract is presented here in the interest of its historical significance, not as an espousal of a particular view.
	www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com /racket.html (165 words)

	Smedley Butler - Wikiquote
		Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (30 July 1881 – 21 June 1940), one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps' long history, was one of the two Marines who received two Medals of Honor for separate acts of outstanding heroism.
		Reply to Gerald MacGuire, after being asked to organize WWI veterans (for military support) in a fascist-coup of FDR, as related by Butler in testimony before Congress, 1934.
		A reporter (a Butler confidant) testified MacGuire said, "We might go along with Roosevelt and then do with him what Mussolini did with the King of Italy." Which was, made him a figure-head.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Smedley_Butler (557 words)

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