University Press of Kentucky author David J. Bettez is the
recipient of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s 2015 Colonel Joseph
Alexander Award for his book Kentucky Marine: Major General Logan Feland and the Making of the Modern USMC.
The Marine Corps Heritage Awards are presented by the Marine
Corps Heritage Foundation annually to both Marines and civilians in recognition
of outstanding work aiding in the expansion and preservation of Marine Corps history.
The Colonel Joseph Alexander Award commemorates the life of Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, a combat veteran, prominent
military historian, and author of numerous books. It is awarded to those
who write an excellent biographical or autobiographical piece of
literature on the life of a Marine. Each winner receives a cash prize
and a medallion along with an engraved brick placed in
Semper Fidelis Memorial Park adjacent to the National Museum of the
Marine Corps.
Bettez will receive the award April 2 at the
Heritage Foundation’s annual award ceremony, held at the National
Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia.
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