Andrew Allison Haldane was an officer in the United States Marine Corps who served in the Pacific theatre during World War II.
17 Facts About Andrew Haldane
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Andrew Haldane was killed in action during the Battle of Peleliu.
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Andrew Haldane was of Scottish descent and graduated from the Searles High School in 1935, and attended St John's Prep in Danvers, then Bridgton Academy in Bridgton, Maine.
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Andrew Haldane was captain of the football team, served as president of the student council, and was voted most popular senior in 1940.
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Andrew Haldane played amateur baseball as a catcher in a summer league operating in New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Andrew Haldane graduated from Bowdoin in June 1941, and was named an assistant football coach there in October.
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Andrew Haldane had planned to coach for a season before joining the Marine Corps, but was called up after coaching for a mere two weeks.
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Andrew Haldane graduated from the Reserve Officers' Training School in Quantico and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on January 31,1942.
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Andrew Haldane served with the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, and was commanding officer of Company K at Cape Gloucester, where he received the Silver Star for leading hand-to-hand combat in a fight on Walt's Ridge.
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Andrew Haldane led Company K through most of the fight for Peleliu.
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Andrew Haldane was killed by a sniper of the Imperial Japanese Army on October 12,1944, while assessing the area of Hill 140 during the Battle of Peleliu in the Palau Islands, three days before the Marines came off the lines.
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Andrew Haldane is honored annually by presentation of the Haldane Cup to the graduating senior at Bowdoin College who has displayed outstanding qualities of leadership and character.
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Andrew Haldane was portrayed by actor Scott Gibson in the 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific.
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Andrew Haldane was the finest Marine officer I ever knew.
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Andrew Haldane was firm, but he was a gentleman, and compassionate.
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Andrew Haldane slithered forward a few feet and cautiously raised his head.
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Andrew Haldane was awarded the Silver Star twice, first for action in January 1944, and again for action in October 1944.