George C. Axtell [SEP] conflict
George C. Axtell
Lieutenant General George C. Axtell (November 29, 1920 – August 20, 2011) was a United States Marine Corps general officer, a World War II flying ace, and a Navy Cross recipient. During World War II, he was the youngest commanding officer of a Marine fighter squadron. He also served in the Korean War and Vietnam War.
Early life.
Axtell was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on 29 November 1920 and graduated from high school there in 1938.
Axtell (surname)
Axtell is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Charles Axtell (1859–1932), American sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Daniel Axtell (1622–1660), captain of the Parliamentary Guard at the trial of King Charles I
- George C. Axtell (1920–2011), Lieutenant General of the United States Marine Corps.
- James Axtell (born 1941), professor of history at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia