Talk:Merritt A. Edson

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Merritt A. Edson was featured on the United States Marine Corps portal as the Selected biography. (6 April - 14 April 2006).

[edit] Copyright violation?

Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Copyright problems#June 28. Bovlb June 28, 2005 06:20 (UTC)

It's still in bad form to use material entirely copied from another site, even if there is no Copyvio. ℬastique▼^talk 29 June 2005 18:11 (UTC)

[edit] Reason for Suicide

Why did he commit suicide? I think this is important to mention. --70.150.12.98 21:03, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

It's not clear why Edson killed himself, but he commanded a ferocious force in an extremely bloody set of battles. He was described as a incomparable killing machine by some pretty crazy Marines. Most accounts of him also say he was sympathetic. Many people who have fought in such sustained and gruesome battles have had a hard time dealing with it. Edson was working on POW issues and probably reliving a lot of hell mentally when he committed suicide. Edson was a nice person who cared about Marines pretty deeply. I think he simply had a very rough time recalling what he and his friends had been through and this caused depression. But his legacy lives on. 72.179.57.251 05:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)