Edwin North McClellan
| Edwin North McClellan | |
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Portrait c. 1934-36
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| Nickname(s) | Ned North |
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December 5, 1881 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | July 25, 1971 (aged 89) Naval Hospital Philadelphia |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1907–1936 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Edwin North McClellan (1881–1971) was a United States Marine Corps officer, author, and historian. He was the first director of the Historical Section of Headquarters Marine Corps, a historigraphical organization now known as Marine Corps History Division.
He was born on December 5, 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on 18 June 18, 1907, attended School of Application, starting his first assignment on 25 December 1908 aboard USS Wisconsin in time to participate in the cruise of the Great White Fleet. On 25 December 1909, he was reassigned to the Marine Barracks at Naval Station Norfolk, and promoted to first lieutenant on 25 May 1910. The same day, he departed for the Philippines, arriving in Manila on 2 December and remaining there until departing for Peking, China on 1 August 1912. While there, he would command the Mounted Detachment of the China Marines from 18 December 1912 to 9 July 1913.
After a brief stayover at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, McClellan served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps in Washington, D.C. from 14 November 1913 to 9 February 1917. His work was mostly writing, preparing the Index-Digest of Court-Martial Orders from 1914 to 1916, and the Naval Digest of 1916. During this assignment, he attended the George Washington University Law School, graduating in 1916, and was promoted to captain on 29 August of that same year. He then returned to sea aboard USS Arizona, commanding the ship's Marine Detachment. When named to command the Marines of Battleship Force No. 1, Atlantic Fleet aboard USS Minnesota on 22 May 1917, he was temporarily promoted to major, later made permanent. He served most of World War I aboard the Minnesota, until she struck a mine on 29 September 1918, then being detached to Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, on 14 October when she put in for repairs.
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