Emile Phillips Moses (May 27, 1880 – December 22, 1965) was a distinguished officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. A veteran of forty years of service and several expeditionary campaigns, Moses is most noted for his service as commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island during World War II and for his efforts in the developing of Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare doctrine, especially Landing Vehicle Tracked. Early career Emile P. Moses was born on May 27, 1880, in Sumter, South Carolina, as the son of Jewish businessman Altamont Moses and Octavia Cohen. His father, Confederate Army veteran, had established the business as a cotton grower and also owned a life and fire insurance agency. Emile attended the Sumter Military Academy and subsequently enrolled the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in literary in June 1899. He then attended the Georgia Institute of Technology for one year, before accepted a job as Coach of football team at Sumter Military Academy in 1901. Moses remained in that capacity until April 23, 1904, when he entered the Marine Corps and was commissioned second lieutenant. He was ordered to the School of Application at Annapolis, Maryland, for basic officer training, which he completed at the beginning of February 1905. Moses was then ordered to the Marine barracks at New York Navy Yard, where he remained until December of that year, when he embarked for Panama Canal Zone for guard duty following the elections of first Panamian President, Manuel Amador Guerrero. He remained in that capacity until December 1906, when he returned to the United States for duty at Marine Barracks at Boston Navy Yard and was promoted to first lieutenant on January 1, 1908. He was ordered back to Panama in June 1908 during an election disturbances and remained in that country until August of that year, when the emergency was called off. Moses then returned to Boston and remained there until January 1909, when he sailed for Hawaii, where he was stationed at Marine Barracks, Honolulu until November 1910. He was then attached to the Marine detachment aboard the armored cruiser USS Washington and took part in the patrol cruises off the East Coast of the United States and later in the Cuban waters. He also saw action in Cuba during the putting down of an insurrection and in