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Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Copyright problems#June 28. Bovlb June 28, 2005 06:20 (UTC)
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 an 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)Suppossely Col Edson had ancestors that came over on Mayflower? True?Thanks!Dr.Edson Andre Johnson D.D.ULC DecideDatedPMon Wed.July1,200921stcent. SWORDINHAND ( talk) 20:09, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
People of exceptional talents and abilities, such as Col Edson, are often their own harshest critics. He may have felt that he did not live up to his own standards. For a possible reason why, by no means to be regarded as proven fact, consult references to him in William Manchester's memoir of the Pacific War, Goodbye Darkness. Saratoga Sam ( talk) 01:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
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Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Copyright problems#June 28. Bovlb June 28, 2005 06:20 (UTC)
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 an 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)Suppossely Col Edson had ancestors that came over on Mayflower? True?Thanks!Dr.Edson Andre Johnson D.D.ULC DecideDatedPMon Wed.July1,200921stcent. SWORDINHAND ( talk) 20:09, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
People of exceptional talents and abilities, such as Col Edson, are often their own harshest critics. He may have felt that he did not live up to his own standards. For a possible reason why, by no means to be regarded as proven fact, consult references to him in William Manchester's memoir of the Pacific War, Goodbye Darkness. Saratoga Sam ( talk) 01:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
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