He also served as president of the 1st Marine Division Association, president of the American Society of Military Comptrollers, and vice-president of the National War College Alumni Association. In 1970, he received a Centennial Distinguished Graduate Medallion from Ohio State University. Publications Simmons wrote for numerous military and general publications, including the Naval Review, Naval Institute Proceedings, Marine Corps Gazette, Sea Power, and Army. He was the author of the history, 'The United States Marines (published in London, 1974; and New York, 1976) and contributed extensively to various histories and standard works including the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Dictionary of American History. His novel, Dog Company Six, received the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association in 2001, and the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature in 2000. Honors In May 2013, construction began for the Senator John W. Warner Center for Advanced Military Studies at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia. A portion of this facility will house the Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons Center for Marine Corps History. The Simmons Center will consolidate resources from the Marine Corps History Division and the Archives and Special Collections Branch, currently held in three locations, into one facility. Military awards Simmons's military decorations and awards include: Selected works by Edwin H. Simmons A novel about the Korean War. History of Marines at the Battle of Soissons during World War I. See also History of the United States Marine Corps National Museum of the Marine Corps Notes References 1921 births 2007 deaths Lehigh University alumni United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II United States Marine Corps personnel of the Korean War United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War American military historians Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam) United States Marine Corps generals 5 Simmons, Edwin H. United States naval attachés American male non-fiction writers Ohio State University School of Communication alumni Paulsboro High School alumni People from Paulsboro, New Jersey 20th-century American male writers Historians from New Jersey Military personnel from New Jersey