Background
Hunt was born in 1892 in Newark, New Jersey, and was a graduate of the University of California.
Hunt was born in 1892 in Newark, New Jersey, and was a graduate of the University of California.
Postwar assignments were varied, ranging from sea duty to commanding officer of the Western Mail Guard Detachment and work with the Work Projects Administration"s Matanuska Colonization venture in Alaska. Following a short tour in Iceland, he was given command of the 5th Marines which he led during the early stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal. As the 2nd Marine Division"s assistant division commander he participated in mopping-up operations on Saipan and Tinian and in the Okinawa Campaign.
General Hunt died in 1968.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1917 and served with great distinction with the 5th Marines during World War I, receiving the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross for repeated acts of heroism. Appointed division commander, he led the division in the occupation of Japan and for a period was Commanding General, I Army Corps. Returning to the United States, Hunt assumed duties as Commanding General, Department of Pacific and then Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic.
