Richard C. Mangrum
... that in October 1965, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps LtGen Richard C. Mangrum, Navy Cross recipient at Guadalcanal, became the first Marine to be the "Gray Eagle" of Naval aviation?
... that in October 1965, <a href="./Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" id="mwEKw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a> <a href="./Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" id="mwEK0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">LtGen</a> <b id="mwEK4"><a href="./Richard_C._Mangrum" id="mwEK8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard C. Mangrum">Richard C. Mangrum</a></b>, <a href="./Navy_Cross" id="mwELA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a> recipient at <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Battle_of_Guadalcanal" id="mwELE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a>, became the first <a href="./United_States_Marine_Corps" id="mwELI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> to be the <a href="./Gray_Eagle_Award" id="mwELM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gray Eagle Award">"Gray Eagle"</a> of Naval aviation?