page_title: Arthur H. Butler
section_title: Later career
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur H. Butler / Later career
caption_attribution_description: English: Commandant's Conference - General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. (center), Twentieth Commandant of the Marine Corps, is pictured with members of his staff at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. On the Commandant's left is Lieutenant general Gerald C. Thomas, Assistant Commandant; on his right is Major general William O. Brice, Assistant Commandant (for Air). Seated on the left side of the table are: Brigadier general Nels H. Nelson, Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel (G-1); Brigadier general Thomas A. Wornham, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3); Major General Walter W. Wensinger, Deputy Chief of Staff; on the right side of the table seated next to Major general Brice is Brigadier general Arthur H. Butler, Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics (G-4); followed by Lieutenant colonel Chester A. Henry, acting Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2).
context_page_description: Arthur Howard Butler was a highly decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. A veteran of World War II, he distinguished himself as commanding officer, 21st Marine Regiment during the Recapture of Guam in July 1944 and was decorated with the Navy Cross, one of the United States military's second-highest decorations awarded for valor in combat.
context_section_description: Butler has been ordered back to the United States in May 1945 and joined the staff of Marine Corps Schools, Quantico under Brigadier General Oliver P. Smith. He served consecutively as coordinator of instruction, commander of the Platoon Commanders School, chief instructor of the Marine Corps Schools, intelligence officer and senior member of the Marine Corps Gazette editorial board, before he was transferred to Camp Pendleton, California, in June 1947.
  He subsequently served there as chief of staff, 1st Marine Division under Major General Graves B. Erskine until June 1949, when he was ordered to the National War College in Washington, D.C., for instruction. Butler completed the course in June 1950 and served briefly with the General Board at the Navy Department, before he was sent back to Quantico in August of that year.
  Butler then served as senior resident member of the Marine Corps Board until February 1952, when he was sent to the Headquarters Marine Corps for duty as assistant chief of staff for logistics. While in this capacity, he was promoted to brigadier general in May of that year and was responsible for the planning of budget for logistics for all marine forces and its advocating before the congressional committee on appropriations.
  In July 1954, Butler was ordered to Paris, France, and joined the headquarters, United States European Command under General Alfred Gruenther. He served in this capacity until the beginning of June 1956, when he was ordered back home for retirement.
caption: General Butler (second from right) as Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics during meeting with Commandant, Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "5954", "Image ImageLength": "4813", "Image BitsPerSample": "16", "Image Compression": "LZW", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "1", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "1", "Image XResolution": "600", "Image YResolution": "600", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2019:04:22 18:45:22", "Image ExifOffset": "240", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "96", "Thumbnail YResolution": "96", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "2450", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "7005", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5606", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "4333", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}