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BrigGen. Margaret A. Brewer, was the first female to reach the rank of general in the
United States Marine Corps.
Born in Durand, Michigan in 1930, Brewer received her primary education in Michigan
but graduated from the Catholic High School in Baltimore, Maryland prior to entering
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She received a bachelor's degree in geography
in Jan.1952 and is also a mamber of "�Zeta Tau Alpha " sorority.
While serving as the Deputy Director of the Division of Information, Headquarters
Marine Corps,she was nominated during April 1978 for appointment to the grade
of brigadier general. She was appointed to that grade and assumed duty as
Director of Information on May 11, 1978, On Dec.1, 1979, the Division of Infromation
was redesignated as the Division of Public Affairs, and Brigadier General Bewer's
title was changed to Director of Public Affairs.
Brigadier General Brewer retired on July 1, 1980.
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She is buried at the Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Va
Vietnam War/Consolidation I Campaign (1971)
From Month/Year
July / 1971
To Month/Year
November / 1971
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 30 November 1971. This period witnessed additional progress in the Vietnamization program which included turning over the ground war to South Vietnam, sustaining the withdrawal of U.S. troops, but also continuing, U.S. air strikes on enemy targets.
South Vietnam assumed full control of defense for the area immediately below the demilitarized zone on 11 July, a process begun in 1969. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird announced completion of Phase I of Vietnamization on 11 August which meant that the U.S. relinquished all ground combat responsibilities to the Republic of Vietnam. The participation of U.S. forces in ground combat operations had not ceased, however, U.S. maneuver battalions were still conducting missions, and the 101st Airborne Division joined the 1st Army of Vietnam 1st Infantry Division in Operation JEFFERSON GLEN that took place in Thua Thien Province in October. This was the last major combat operation in Vietnam which involved U.S. ground forces. Following the close of Operation JEFFERSON GLEN on 8 October, the 101st began stand-down procedures and was the last U.S. division to leave Vietnam.
U.S. troop strengths decreased during Consolidation I. American battle deaths for July 1971 were 66, the lowest monthly figure since May 1967. By early November, U.S. troop totals dropped to 191,000, the lowest level since December 1965. In early November, President Nixon announced that American troops had reverted to a defensive role in Vietnam.
