Edwin Allen Pollock (21 March 1899 – 5 November 1982) was a United States Marine Corps General and a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II and Korea; he commanded both the 1st and 2d Marine Divisions and is the only man to have served as commanding general of both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleet Marine Force. He had been advanced to the rank of general upon retirement by reason of having been specially commended in combat. Early career Edwin A. Pollock was born on 21 March 1899 in Augusta, Georgia. He attended the local Summerville Academy, South Carolina. He spent one year at Staunton Military Academy, Virginia, before he enrolled at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, during the summer of 1918. Graduating with the class of 1921, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and subsequently was appointed a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve that June. Pollock resigned his army commission to accept appointment as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps on July 1, 1921. He was subsequently sent for further education to the Marine Corps Schools within Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia. Pollock attended Company Officers' Course and following his graduation in November 1922, he was assigned to the Marine Barracks Parris Island, South Carolina. His first tour of expeditionary duty began in 1923, when he sailed with 2nd Marine Brigade to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Upon withdrawal of the Marine troops at the end of December 1924, Pollock served with West Coast Expeditionary Forces at San Diego, California until September 1926, when he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and transferred to Quantico, he joined the 11th Marine Regiment and sailed for Nicaragua. Pollock later joined the staff of the 2nd Marine Brigade under General Logan Feland and sailed for expeditionary duty in Nicaragua. He served during the combats against the Sandino's insurgents and participated the famed Coco River patrol under then-Captain Merritt A. Edson. In late 1927, he returned to the United States and was assigned to the Marine Barracks Quantico, Virginia. The next orders for sea duty came in August 1928, when he was attached to the Marine Detachment aboard the cruiser USS Galveston. He sailed with that ship to the Panama Canal and participated in the watchful cruises between Balboa and Corinto. Following his return in June 1930, Pollock was assigned to the staff of the Marine