the staff of commander, Seventh Fleet, and served as Seventh Fleet liaison officer with General of the Army George C. Marshall and the Chinese Ministry of Defense in Nanking, China, until February 1947, when he became plans officer and Marine officer on the staff of commander, Naval Forces Western Pacific. He returned to Washington in August 1948 to attend the National War College, and in May 1949 was named commanding officer of the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. At Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, on August 17, 1950, he formed and assumed command of the 7th Marine Regiment, which sailed for duty in Korea on September 1, 1950. While in Korea, Litzenberg's 7th Marines took part in the Battle of Inchon and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross. Post-Korean War General Litzenberg returned to the United States in April 1951 and was assigned duties at Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington. In December of the same year, he was named Legal Aide and Legislative Counsel to the Commandant. Later he served as director of the Marine Corps Development Center at Quantico, Virginia; as assistant division commander, 3rd Marine Division, in Japan; and as assistant to the force commander, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic. In October 1954, he was named Inspector General of the Marine Corps, and held this post at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, for thirteen months. The general served next as commanding general, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from December 1, 1955, until May 11, 1956, and then as commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, from May 12, 1956, until March 15, 1957, when he returned to Korea. There, he served as senior member of the United Nations Command component of the Military Armistice Commission, negotiating with the Communists at Panmunjom. On his return from Korea, he was assigned his last tour of duty at Headquarters Marine Corps on December 7, 1957, as Inspector General of the Marine Corps, serving in this capacity until his retirement on May 31, 1959. General Litzenberg completed the following service schools: Marine Corps Basic School, 1925; Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1933; Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1938; and the National War College, 1949. His various ranks and the dates on which he was promoted are: second lieutenant, February 1925