The new regimental commander of the Fourth Marines came to Shanghai from the Marine Corps Base in. San Diego, California, where he was Chief of Staff of the Fleet Marine Force Colonel Peck was born. in. Bakers: eld, California, on May 29, 1894 and entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in A911 at the age of seventeen. graduated from the Academy in 1915 and accepted a commission as second Lieutenant in the United States Mar Corps.
Although this is his rst tour of duty in China the colonel has seen faction In various other parts of the World, "In 1916 he served in Haiti with the Marine Brigade and Gen-@armerie and in 1917 he took part in the expedition to Cubs, later in that year transferring to seo duty on board the USS, Olympia. During the first part of 1918 he served on board the USS, Louisiana and later went overseas with the famous Ficth Marines, part of the American Expeditionary Forees in France.
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