Collection	VMI Archives Photographs Collection
Photo Number	0000265
Title	Captain Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC, 1919
Description	"Upon return from overseas, August 1919". This photograph of Lemuel Shepherd as a young U. S. Marine Corps officer was taken in Norfolk, Virginia, shortly after he returned from combat duty during World War I. Shepherd, who rose to the rank of four star general, became the 20th Commandant of the USMC in 1952.
Date of Photo	1919
Date Sort	1919
Decade	1910-1919
Digital Subcollection	Military History World War I General and Flag Rank Officers
Subject-Topics	Virginia Military Institute -- Photographs. World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs. World War, 1914-1918. United States. Marine Corps. -- Officers.
Subject-People	Shepherd, Lemuel C. (Lemuel Cornick), 1896-1990
VMI Class	1917
Physical Location	no physical image
Physical Image Size	no physical image
Notes	Master TIFF image on file
Image Type (Local Description)	Photograph, digital only
Image Type (AAT)	Digital images
Digital Publisher	Virginia Military Institute Archives
Related Resource	Lemuel C. Shepherd Papers, VMI Archives
Type	Image
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