Marine legend Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak dies

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Vietnam commander dies
Officer led 100,000 Marines from 1964 to 1968


Marine legend Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak dies
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 31, 2008 9:37:25 EST

SAN DIEGO — Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak, who headed all Marine forces in the Pacific during part of the Vietnam War, has died. He was 95.

Krulak died Monday at the Wesley Palms Retirement Community in San Diego, according to Edith Soderquist, a staff member at the facility. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Krulak commanded about 100,000 Marines in the Pacific from 1964 to 1968 — a span that saw the United States dramatically increase buildup in Vietnam.

Krulak, nicknamed “Brute” for his direct, no-nonsense style, was a decorated veteran of World War II and the Korean War.

After retirement, he often criticized the government’s handling of the Vietnam War. He wrote that the war could have been won only if the Vietnamese had been protected and befriended and if enemy supplies from North Vietnam were cut off.


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