page_title: Louis Robertshaw
section_title: Vietnam War
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Robertshaw / Biography / Vietnam War
caption_attribution_description: English: Group photo of the attendees of the U.S. Marine Corps General Officers Symposium in 1967. Attendees: # (from left) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Front row MajGen Van Ryzin,Assistant Chief of Staff G-4 MajGen Murray,Assistant Chief of Staff G-3 LtGen Weede,CG Fleet Marine Force LtGen Masters,Commandant Marine Corps Schools LtGen Buse,Chief of staff LtGen Chapman,Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen Greene,Commandant of the Marine Corps LtGen Krulak,CG, Fleet Marine Force LtGen Walt,Deputy Chief of Staff (Manpower) / Director of Personnel LtGen Ralph K. Rottet,Deputy Chief of Staff (Property &amp; Procurement) MajGen Fields,CG MCB Camp Pendleton &amp; 4th Marine Division MajGen Paul R. Tyler,Quartermaster general 2nd row MajGen Charles F. Duchein, Jr.,Reserve MajGen Kyle,CG 5th Marine Division MajGen Robert B. Bell,Reserve MajGen John H. Masters,CG MCSC Barstow MajGen Tompkins,CG MCRD Parris Island MajGen Robertshaw,Marine liaison to the Chief of Naval Operations MajGen Paul J. Fontanta,Marine Corps Equipment Command MajGen George S. Bowman,Deputy CG FMFLant MajGen Simpson,CG 2nd Marine Division MajGen Butcher,CG MCB Camp Lejeune MajGen McCutcheon,Deputy Chief of Staff (Air) Middle row BGen Carl,CAB East &amp; MCAS Cherry Point BGen Gayle,Deputy Chief of Staff G-3 BGen Hurst,Marine Corps Landing Force Development Center MajGen Thrash,CAB West &amp; MCAS El Toro MajGen Davis,Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 MajGen Jones,Deputy Director of Presonnel MajGen Hugh M. Elwood,CG 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Mr. Joseph F. Wright,Fiscal Director MajGen Russell A. Bowen,Reserve BGen Douglas J. Peacher,Reserve BGen Arthur H. Adams,Marine Air Reserve Training Command Glenview &amp; 4th Marine Aircraft Wing 4th Row BGen Ryan,Director C&amp;SColl BGen Virgil W. Banning,Deputy Director for Commands/Areas (JCS) BGen Drake,Director Marine Corps Reserve BGen Charles T. Hagan, Jr.,Reserve BGen William A. Stiles,CG Landing Force Training Command Atlantic BGen John W. Antonelli,Chairman of the Long Range Study Panel BGen Homer G. Hutchinson, Jr.,Assistant Chief of Staff J-3 for United States Pacific Command BGen Platt,Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 BGen Robinson,CG Marine Corps Supply Activity Philadelphia BGen Anderson,Deputy Chief of Staff (Research, Development &amp; Studies) BGen Frank E. Garretson,Director of Information Back row BGen Robert R. Fairburn,CG MCSC Albany BGen Wilson,Legislative assistant for the Commandant BGen Webster,CG Landing Force Training Command Pacific BGen Alan J. Armstrong,Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (Air) BGen Regan Fuller,Force Troops Pacific &amp; MCB 29 Palms BGen George E. Dooley,Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (Programs) BGen Peatross,Director Military Advisory Group BGen Axtell,Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff G-4 BGen James A. Feeley,Deputy J-3 for United States European Command BGen John E. Williams,CG Force Troops Atlantic BGen James F. Lawrence,Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
context_page_description: Louis Bentham Robertshaw was an American football player and lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps. He flew combat missions in World War II and the Korean War and flew an F4B Phantom II fighter in the Vietnam War as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. He received three Distinguished Flying Crosses, 12 Air Medals, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and three Legion of Merit with Combat "V."
context_section_description: During the Vietnam War, he flew an F-4B Phantom II fighter and served as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Da Nang, then as the Marine liaison for the Chief of Naval Operations. He rose to the rank of lieutenant general and was the Inspector General of the Marine Corps from July 1967 to March 1969.  He was the deputy chief of staff for manpower at Headquarters Marine Corps when he retired in 1971.
caption: Robertshaw (6th from left, 2nd row from bottom) at the 1967 General Officers Symposium
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