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George Ronald Christmas (born March 11, 1940) [1] is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general. Christmas was awarded the Navy Cross for valor in 1968, during the Vietnam War. The Marine Corps said it had relieved Col.
James Christmas as the commander of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Thursday. The Marine Corps Times reported Col. James Christmas was relieved of command Wednesday by Maj.
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Gen. Raymond Fox, the commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force, after the general lost confidence. BLUF: George Ronald Christmas is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general.
Christmas began his Marine Corps career in 1962 as a second lieutenant. He served in Vietnam as a captain during the Battle of Huế in 1968. For his actions at Huế, Christmas was awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart.
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He served on active duty in the Marine Corps for 34 years, retiring in 1996. After. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
-- Marines and sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, bid farewell to Col. Eric Steidl and welcomed Col. James Christmas as the new commanding officer during a change-of-command ceremony at the 2nd Marine Logistics Group Amphitheater aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 28, 2012.
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Steidl graduated from the University of Washington with. Maj. Gen.
Raymond C. Fox, the commanding general of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force relieved Col. James D.
Christmas from his command on Wednesday, July 17due to a loss in confidence in. Marine Corps Times Jul 18, 2013 Col. James Christmas was removed as the commander of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit on Wednesday, Marine officials said.
They did not provide a reason, other than to say Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force, lost faith in his ability to lead Marines.
Major Christmas returned to the U.S. in August 1976 for assignment as the Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks, Annapolis, MD. While there, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in September 1978.
From August 1979 until May 1981, he served as the Commanding Officer, First Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC. The Navy Cross is awarded to Captain George R. Christmas, United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving as the Commanding Officer of Company H, Second Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division in connection with operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam.
Interview with LTGEN George R. Christmas, USMC (Ret.), commanding officer of Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. Wounded in the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam, February 1968 and recipient of the Navy Cross.
Interviewed by Jan K. Herman, Historian, Navy Medical Department, 25 February 2005.
