William Fullam - Legacy

Legacy

The destroyer USS Fullam (DD-474) was named for him.

To the Marine Corps, he was well-known to be an enemy to the Corps's institution and organization, due to his announcement that he would see that the Marine Corps is to be destroyed. The term Fullamite became a name that has long became registered in many military books denoted someone that refers to non-believers of the Marine Corps philosophy.

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