William P. T. Hill

William Pendleton Thompson Hill (February 22, 1895 – December 6, 1965) was a United States Marine Corps major general who served as Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps from 1944 to 1955.

Early life Hill was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, and attended Kemper Military School. He later graduated from Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois. After his graduation from the University of Oklahoma, he entered active duty as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 12 July 1917.

Military career After attending flight school at the Naval Coastal Air Station in Cape May, New Jersey, Hill served as one of the Marine Corps' first aviators. In 1918, he served as a pilot with the 1st Marine Aeronautic Company, flying seaplane patrols in the Azores.

In 1920, Hill was assigned as a member of the Naval Alaskan Coal Commission, where he served as a geologist during the survey of Alaskan coal fields.

In 1933, Hill was posted overseas to Haiti, where he served as the quartermaster and paymaster director for the Garde d'Haiti.

Hill was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal his "exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in positions of great responsibility to the Government of the United States" from 8 September 1939 to 1947, including for his role in the design of the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: "He was entirely and almost solely responsible for the detailed layout of the establishment."

Decorations

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