Named in memory of Major General Oscar F. Peatross, USMC (2 March 1916-26 May 1993), who served with distinction in W.W. II, Korea, and Vietnam and was a member of the regiment that raised the flag on Iwo Jima in World War II. A former commanding general of Parris Island, he believed the recruit training program to be the key factor in producing a proud, professional

United States Marine .

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Who...finds comfort in himself and in his cause;

And while the mortal mist is gathering, draws

His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause:

This is the Happy Warrior; this is he

That every man in arms should wish to be.

                      - William Wordsworth

Marker is on Blvd. deFrance, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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