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Clifton Cates in football uniform, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 1914Portrait of Lieutenant Clifton Cates, 1917-1919
Clifton Cates in football uniform, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 1914Portrait of Lieutenant Clifton Cates, 1917-1919
US 1st Marine Division staff at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942Clifton Cates with battalion commanders of US 1st Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 Oct 1942
US 1st Marine Division staff at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942Clifton Cates with battalion commanders of US 1st Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 10 Oct 1942
US Marine Corps Colonel Clifton Cates with his mother, 26 Mar 1943Lieutenant General Holland Smith and other officers paying respect to the fallen of US 4th Marine Division, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 14 Aug 1944
US Marine Corps Colonel Clifton Cates with his mother, 26 Mar 1943Lieutenant General Holland Smith and other officers paying respect to the fallen of US 4th Marine Division, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 14 Aug 1944
Brigadier General Franklin Hart and Major General Clifton Cates studying a map, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Brigadier General Franklin Hart, Major General Clifton Cates, and an unidentified officer (right, with glasses) at Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945
Brigadier General Franklin Hart and Major General Clifton Cates studying a map, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945Brigadier General Franklin Hart, Major General Clifton Cates, and an unidentified officer (right, with glasses) at Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945
Clifton Cates in conference with his staff officers and regimental commanders, aboard a ship off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945General Clifton Cates and actress Maureen O
Clifton Cates in conference with his staff officers and regimental commanders, aboard a ship off Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945General Clifton Cates and actress Maureen O'Hara, Camp Pendleton, California, United States, Nov 1945
US Marine Corps Commandant General Clifton Cates, 1948-1952Marine Commandant Clifton Cates (left) receives the first flag flown over the recaptured Seoul, South Korea from 1st Marine Commander Col Chesty Puller, Oct 3 1950.
US Marine Corps Commandant General Clifton Cates, 1948-1952Marine Commandant Clifton Cates (left) receives the first flag flown over the recaptured Seoul, South Korea from 1st Marine Commander Col Chesty Puller, Oct 3 1950.
US Marine Corps Band, directed by Major William Santleman, playing for Commandant Clifton Cates, Washington DC, United States, 1 Jan 1951US Marine Corps General Clifton Cates with British Royal Marine Commandant-General Colonel A. G. Ferguson-Warren, Harry Lee Hall, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 9 Mar 1951
US Marine Corps Band, directed by Major William Santleman, playing for Commandant Clifton Cates, Washington DC, United States, 1 Jan 1951US Marine Corps General Clifton Cates with British Royal Marine Commandant-General Colonel A. G. Ferguson-Warren, Harry Lee Hall, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 9 Mar 1951
Senior US military officers saluting as Forrest ShermanClifton Cates playing baseball, 1953
Senior US military officers saluting as Forrest Sherman's body arrived at Washington National Airport, Virginia, United States, 25 Jul 1951Clifton Cates playing baseball, 1953
Lieutenant General Clifton Cates cutting a cake during the celebration of the anniversary of the establishment of the US Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 10 Nov 1953, photo 1 of 2; Brigaider General Robert Bare and Major General Edwin Pollock in backgroundLieutenant General Clifton Cates cutting a cake during the celebration of the anniversary of the establishment of the US Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 10 Nov 1953, photo 2 of 2; Brigaider General Robert Bare and Major General Edwin Pollock in background
Lieutenant General Clifton Cates cutting a cake during the celebration of the anniversary of the establishment of the US Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 10 Nov 1953, photo 1 of 2; Brigaider General Robert Bare and Major General Edwin Pollock in backgroundLieutenant General Clifton Cates cutting a cake during the celebration of the anniversary of the establishment of the US Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 10 Nov 1953, photo 2 of 2; Brigaider General Robert Bare and Major General Edwin Pollock in background
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