Amor LeRoy Sims (May 29, 1896 – November 30, 1978) was a highly decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of brigadier general, who is most noted as commanding officer of 7th Marine Regiment during World War II. He also served as chief of the Norfolk Police Department from 1949 to 1952. Early years Sims was born on May 29, 1896, in Groveport, Ohio, as the son of carpenter Harry Harrison Sims (1871–1948) and his wife Rose Catherine Saylor Sims (1870–1938). Following the high school, Amor entered the Ohio State University, but left after two years due to the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917. He subsequently enlisted the United States Marine Corps as private and was ordered to the boot camp, which he completed two months later. Sims was then assigned to the newly activated 17th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Philadelphia Navy Yard and embarked for France. During his service with the 17th Company, Sims served with many distinguished officers, who reached general's rank in their later careers like for example: Robert Blake, LeRoy P. Hunt, Leonard E. Rea or Roswell Winans. He arrived to Saint-Nazaire in early July of that year and spent the rest of the year with training with the French elite mountain infantry, Chasseurs Alpins, near Gondecourt in northern France. During that period, Sims rose to the rank of sergeant and earned Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal for his enlisted service. In mid-March 1918, Sims and his battalion were ordered to the frontline trenches in the Toulon Sector, just southeast of Verdun. It was a relatively quiet period and they spent their time with the repairing of existing trenches and dugouts, digging new trenches, and stringing and repairing barbed wire entanglements. The 5th Marines departed Toulon Sector in mid-May 1918 and after brief period of training at the Gizors training area, they were finally ordered to the frontline north of Marne River near Château-Thierry on June 2. Sims participated in the famous Battle of Belleau Wood and distinguished himself while under enemy fire on June 6, 1918, during the Attack on Hill 142. One of fellow marine, Sgt. Paul J. Robinett, had been badly wounded in the chest and lay in an exposed position swept by machine gun, rifle and artillery fire. Sims and two fellow marines volunteered for the rescue mission and moved