page_title: John H. Quick
section_title: Military service
hierarchical_section_title: John H. Quick / Military service
caption_attribution_description: English: Marine Officers, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914. Note: A picture of four legendary Marines and Medal of Honor winners: Sergeant Major John Henry Quick, Major General Wendell Cushing Neville, Lieutenant General John Archer Lejune, Major General Smedley Darlington Butler. From the Smedley D. Butler Collection (COLL/3124) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections.
context_page_description: John Henry Quick was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish–American War and the Distinguished Service Cross and the Navy Cross during World War I.
context_section_description: He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on August 10, 1892 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received the Medal of Honor "for gallantry in action" in signalling the gunfire support vessel Dolphin while exposed to heavy enemy fire at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on June 14, 1898.
  
  Throughout his 26-year career as a Marine, Quick participated in every campaign the Marines were involved in during his enlistment and he was the holder of several awards for valor. The campaigns he participated in include The West Indies Campaign, The Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, Cuban Campaign, Battle of Vera Cruz (1914) and, World War I.
caption: Gunnery Sergeant John H. Quick (far left) photographed sometime prior to 1912 with three other legendary Marines. From left to right: future Major General and Marine Corps Commandant Wendell Cushing Neville, future Lieutenant General and Commandant John Archer Lejeune, and future Major General and two time Medal of Honor recipient Smedley Butler
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