At the time of his death in 1940, Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler was the most decorated marine in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a double winner of the Medal of Honor, and his book “War is a Racket” was one of the first works describing the U.S. military-industrial complex.
Remembering the lessons of Gen. Smedley Butler
Thursday, August 23, 2007 | 12:52 p.m. CDT;
updated 1:52 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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