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US Army Officers 1939-1945

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Taylor, George Arthur 14.02.1899 Flat Rock, IL - 03.12.1969 Palo Alto, CA 2nd Lt. 1922 [O14992] ... ... Brig.Gen. 01.08.1944 (retd 31.10.1946; disabilty) DSM ? ? Legion of Merit (US) LM ? ? Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM ? ? Purple Heart (US) PH ? ? Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-13.06.1922; grad. # 6925) 1922 commissioned in the infantry 07.1941 - 08.1942 instructor, Infantry School 08.1942 - 01.1943 North African Theater of Operations 1943 - ? Commanding Officer, 26th Infantry (1st Infantry Division) (Tunis, Sicily) 20.04.1943 - 09.07.1944 Commanding Officer, 16th Infantry (1st Infantry Division) (Normandy) 09.07.1944 - 19.09.1944 Assistant Division Commander, 4th Infantry Division 07.10.1944 - 1945 Assistant Division Commander, 1st Infantry Division
Taylor, Maxwell Davenport Son of John Earle Maxwell and Pearle (Davenport) Taylor. Married (26.01.1925) Lydia Gardner Happer; two sons. 26.08.1901 Keytesville, MO - 19.04.1987 Walter Reid Army Hospital, Washington, DC 2nd Lt. 13.06.1922 [O14898] 1st Lt. 02.02.1927 Capt. 01.08.1935 Maj. 01.07.1940 Lt.Col. (T) 24.12.1941 Col. (T) 01.02.1942 Brig.Gen. (T) 04.12.1942 Maj.Gen. (T) 31.05.1944 Lt.Col. 13.06.1945 Brig.Gen. 01.1948 Maj.Gen. 08.1951 Lt.Gen. (T) 08.1951 Gen. (T) 23.06.1953 (retd 07.1959) Distinguished Service Cross DSC ? ? Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM ? 3 x Silver Star Medal SSM ? 2 x Legion of Merit (US) LM ? ? Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM ? ? Purple Heart (US) PH ? ? Many foreign decorations, incl.: Knight, Military Order of William, 4th class (Ridder, Militaire Willemsorde, 4e klasse) (Netherlands) (14.11.1946) Education: US Military Academy, West Point (06.11.1918-13.06.1922; grad. # 6831); Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, OK (1933); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1935); Army War College (1940) 13.06.1922 commissioned in the engineers 1923 - 1926 3rd Engineers 07.07.1926 transferred to the Field Artillery 1926 - 1927 10th Field Artillery 1927 - 1932 studied French in Paris and was instructor in French and later Spanish at West Point 1935 - 1939 student of Japanese at the American embassy in Tokyo, with detached military attache duty at Peking, China in 1937 1940 War Plans Division & a Hemisphere defense mission to Latin American countries 1940 - 1941 Commanding Officer, 12th Field Artillery Battalion (Fort Sam Houston, TX) 1941 - 1942 Office of the Secretary of the General Staff 1942 Chief of Staff, 82nd Airborne Division 1942 - 1944 Artillery Commander, 82nd Airborne Division (Sicily, Italy) [11.07-04.10.1943 Assistant Division Commander] 31.03.1944 - 09.1945 Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (Normandy, Holland, Ardennes, Germany) [except for 05-26.12.1944] 09.1945 - 01.1949 Superintendent, US Military Academy, West Point 1949 chief of staff of the European Command 1949 - 1951 commander of the United States forces in Berlin 1951 - 1953 Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, G-3, and Deputy Chief of Staff for operations and administration 1953 Commanding General, 8th Army (Korean War) 1953 - 1954 initiated the Korean armed forces assistance program 1954 - 1955 Commanding General, United States Forces, Far East, and the Eighth Army 1955 Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command 30.06.1955 - 30.06.1959 Chief of Staff of the United States Army 1962 - 1964 (recalled) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964-1965. Special Consultant to the President and Chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1965-1969. President of the Institute of Defense Analysis, 1966-1969. Published:The uncertain trumpet (1959); Responsibility and response (1967); Swords and plowshares (1972) Literature: John M. Taylor, General Maxwell Taylor : the sword and the pen (1989)
Terrell Jr, Henry 14.10.1890 San Antonio, TX - 03.10.1971 San Antonio, TX 2nd Lt. 1912 [O3264] ... ... Brig.Gen. 01.1941 Maj.Gen. 15.02.1942 (retd 30.04.1946) Legion of Merit (US) LM ? ? Education: Univeristy of Texas (1908-1910) 1912 commissioned in the infantry 08.1938 - 02.1941 War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) 02.1941 - 02.1942 with 8th Infantry Division [03.1941 Commanding General] 02.1942 - 01.1944 Commanding General, 90th Infantry Division 15.01.1944 - 11.1944 Commanding General, XXII Corps 11.1944 - 04.1946 Commanding General, Infantry Advanced Replacement Training Center
Thompson, Charles Fullington C.F. Thompson. (Photo courtesy of Mr Paul A. Ryan) Son of John Justin Thompson and Ida May Fullington. Married (29.04.1909) Laura Bell Jenks (1887-1955); two daughters. 11.12.1882 Jamestown, ND - 15.06.1954 Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC [Arlington National Cemetery, VA] 2nd Lt. 15.06.1904 [01944] 1st Lt. 11.03.1911 Capt. 01.07.1916 Maj. NA 05.08.1917-02.10.1918 [19.08.1917 accepted] Maj. 01.07.1920 Lt.Col. USA 03.10.1918-09.05.1919 [accepted 03.10.1918] Lt.Col. 14.08.1928 Col. USA 10.05.1919-20.08.1919 [accepted 13.05.1919] Col. 01.08.1935 Brig.Gen. 01.09.1938 Maj.Gen. 01.10.1940 (retd 30.11.1945; disability) Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM ? 3 x Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) (Great Britain) CB ? ? Chevalier, L�gion d'Honneur (France) LegH ? ? Education: University of Michigan (1899-1900; MA); US Military Academy, West Point (01.08.1900-15.06.1904; # 4293; BS); Command and General Staff School (...-06.1925; distinguished graduate); Army War College (...-08.1926) 15.06.1904 commissioned in the infantry 10.1905 12.1907 - - 08.1907 10.1914 served in the Philippine Islands 11.1915 - 06.1917 professor of military science and tactics, Cornell University 12.1917 - 05.1919 served with the American Expeditionary Force (France; Aisne-Marne & St Mihiel offensives; occupation to the Toul Defensive Sector): G2, 1st Army (earned DSM) 05.1919 - 08.1920 instructor, tactical department, US Military Academy, West Point 25.08.1920 - 01.07.1924 War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) [General Staff Corps] 20.08.1926 - 30.06.1929 War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) [General Staff Corps] (01.1931) 30th Infantry (Presidio of San Francisco, CA) 11.09.1931 - 05.1934 Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training, Philippine Department [General Staff Corps] 05.1934 - 10.09.1934 General Staff Corps 09.1934 - 04.1936 professor of military science and tactics, Oregon State Agricultural College 01.1937 - 07.1938 Assistant Commandant, Infantry School (10.1939) Office of the Chief of Staff (Washington, DC) 07.1940 - 07.1941 Commanding General, 3rd Division 07.1941 - 05.07.1942 Commanding General, I Corps 07.1942 - 10.1942 Commanding General, Infantry Replacement Training Center 10.1942 - 06.1944 island base commander, South Pacific (Commanding General, Allied Forces Fiji Islands) (earned a DSM) 06.1944 - 09.1944 Commanding General, XVIII Corps 06.09.1944 - 14.07.1945 Commanding General, Military District of Washington (earned a DSM) his overall service comprised: (inclusive of 10 years overseas) 18 years with troops, 14 years on high staffs, 2 years as student & 7 years on faculties
Truesdell, Karl K. Truesdell Son of Julius Augustus and Mary Cornelia Octavia (Riggs) Truesdell. Married Mary Maurice Smith (15.04.1907); one son, one daughter. 27.08.1882 Moorehead, MN - 16.07.1955 Chevy Chase, MD [or: Hawkeye, Clinton Co., IA] [Arlington National Cemetery, VA] 2nd Lt. 1904 [O1881] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? Brig.Gen. 01.04.1938 Maj.Gen. 01.10.1940 (retd 30.04.1946) Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM ? 2 x Cuban Occupation, Mexican, Victory (with 6 battle clasps) (U.S.); Croix de Guerre (France); CBE (UK); Grande oficial Order Merit Militar, Order Merit Aeronautico (Brazil); Grand officer Mil. Order Ayacuche (Peru); Comdr. Order Polonia Restituta (Poland). Education: high school, Washington, DC (1901); Army Signal School (1911-1912); School of the Line, Fort Leavenworth (1920-1921; hon grad);Command and General Staff School (1921-1922); Army War College (1925-1926); Naval War College (1926-1927) 1901 - 1904 enlisted service in the US Army 1904 commissioned in the Infantry WW I served with 33rd, 26th & 1st Divisions & V Army Corps, AEF (in battle of Seichprey, Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne) 1927 - 1931 Chief of Budget & Legislation, War Departmnent General Staff 1932 - 1935 15th Infantry Regiment (Tientsin, China) 1935 - 1937 Director, Military Intelligence Department, Army War College 1937 - 1938 Commanding Officer, Fort Jay, NY & 16th Infantry Regiment 1938 - 1939 Commanding General, 12th Brigade (Fort Sheridan, IL) 01.1940 - 11.1940 Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division 1941 - 1942 Commanding General, VI Corps 1942 - 03.1942 Deputy Commander, Panama Department 1943 - 1945 Commandant, Command and General Staff School American member of International Allied Radio Commission. Mem. American and Washington philatelic societies, China Stamp Society, American Legion Society, Council Foreign Relations, NY Genealogicaland Biographical Society, Founders and Patriots (governor DC dist. Soc.of the Cincinnati, M.O.W.W. Mason (32 degree). Lecturer for Council on Foreign Relations. Published: Military Policy of the United States (1921); Tactics and Technique of Separate Branches (1922); Command and General Staff School Correspondence Courses (1923-26).
TruscottJr., Lucian King 09.01.1895 Chatfield, TX - 12.09.1965 Alexandria, VA [Arlington National Cemetery, VA] 2nd Lt. 08.1917 [O7096] ... ... Col. (T) 12.1941 Brig.Gen. (T) 05.1942 Maj.Gen. (T) 11.1942 Lt.Gen. (T) 09.1944 (retd 10.1947) Gen. (retd) 07.1954 Distinguished Service Cross DSC ? ? Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM ? 2 x Legion of Merit (US) LM ? ? Purple Heart (US) PH ? ? Education: ? 08.1917 commissioned in the cavalry, Officer Reserve Corps 06.1936 - 1940 instructor, Command and General Staff School (Fort Leavenworth, KS) 09.1940 - 07.1941 Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment (Fort Knox, KY) 07.1941 - 05.1942 staff, IX Corps Area (Fort Lewis, WA) 05.1942 - ? Allied Combined Staff under Lord Louis Mountbatten 08.1942 led US Rangers in Dieppe raid 11.1942 led Special Task Force in the capture of Port Lyautey, French Morocco 1942 - 03.1943 field deputy to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Tunisia) 03.1943 - 01.1944 Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division (Sicily, Salerno, Anzio) 01.1944 - 02.1944 Deputy Commander, VI Corps (Italy) 28.02.1944 - 14.10.1944 Commanding General, VI Corps (Italy, France) 12.1944 - 02.10.1945 Commanding General, Fifth Army (Italy) 08.10.1945 - 04.1946 Commanding General, Third Army (Bavaria) Published: Command missions (1954)
TuckerIII., Reuben Henry "Rube" / "Tommy" Married (13.06.1935) Helen McAllister; five sons. 29.01.1911 Ansonia, CT - 06.01.1970 The Citadel, Charleston, SC (heart attack) [Beaufort National Cemetery, VA] 2nd Lt. RA 12.06.1935 [019894] 1st Lt. RA 12.06.1938 Capt. RA 12.06.1945 Lt.Col. RA 27.03.1952 Capt. AUS 09.09.1940 [accr. 03.10.1940] Maj. AUS 01.02.1942 Lt.Col. AUS 10.10.1942 Col. AUS 29.05.1943 Brig.Gen. AUS 01.05.1957 Maj.Gen. ? (retd 1963) Distinguished Service Cross DSC ? 2 x Silver Star Medal SSM ? ? Legion of Merit (US) LM ? 2 x Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM ? ? Commendation Ribbon CR ? ? Purple Heart (US) PH ? ? -Combat Infantryman's Badge CIB ? ? Knight, Military Order of William [= Ridder, Militaire Willemsorde] (The Netherlands) MWO 22.02.1946 ? Education: US Military Academy, West Point (BS; 01.07.1930-20.06.1931 & 01.01.1932-12.06.1935; grad. # 10368); Army War College (1953); Air War College (1949); Command & General Staff School, 8th General Staff Class (1942); Infantry School, Regimental Course (1940) 03.06.1929 - 25.07.1930 enlisted service 12.06.1935 commissioned in the infantry (9th Infantry Regiment (Fort Sam Houston, TX)) (10.1939) 33rd Infantry Regiment (Panama & Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA) volunteered for parachute training at Fort Benning, GA Company Commander, B Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Battalion 01.05.1942 - 06.12.1942 Executive Officer, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 06.12.1942 - 10.05.1946 Commanding Officer, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Sicily, Anzio, Holland) Commander, 1st Cadet Regiment, West Point 1949 - 1951 Staff and Faculty, Air War College 1951 - 1952 G3 Section, Officer Commanding, Army Field Forces 1953 - 1953 Student, Army War College 06.1955 - 11.1956 Commandant of Cadets, the Citadel Assistant Division Commander, 101st Airborne Division 1960 - 1961 Chief Infantry Officers Branch, Department of the Army 1961 - 1962 Commanding General, Fort Dix 1962 - 1963 Chief Military Assistance Advisory Group in Laos 1963 - 1963 Assistant Chief of Staff G-3, United States Army, Pacific Commandant of Cadets at the Citadel, Charleston, SC, 1963-02.1968.
Tychsen., Andrew Christian A.C. Tychsen A.C. Tychsen A.C. Tychsen 27.06.1893 Hoboken, NJ - 03.07.1986 Richland County, SC 1st Lt. 01.07.1920 (accepted 26.09.1920) [08256] Capt. 01.07.1920 Maj. 01.08.1935 Brig.Gen. 12.04.1945 (retd 30.06.1953) Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM ? ? Legion of Merit (US) LM ? 2 x Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM ? 2 x Air Medal AM ? ? Education: Basic course, Infantry School (1921); Command and General Staff School (1936). 19.06.1916 - 14.08.1917 enlisted service in the Company A, 1st Infantry, Minnesota National Guard (as Pte. & 1st Sgt.) [8th company First Reserve Officers Training Camp at Fort Snelling from 25.03.1917] 15.08.1917 - 07.07.1919 Captain, Infantry Section, Officer Reserve Corps (assigned to the 88th Division and served in the upper Alsace sector, near Belfort, as Commanding Officer of Company C, 339th Machine Gun Battalion from July 1918 to July 1919, seeing action at Belfort, Epinal, Verdun and the Meuse) 01.07.1920 commissioned in the infantry, Officer Reserve Corps 1921 - 1925 Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics, University of Minnesota 1927 - 1932 Professor of Military Science and Tactics, St Thomas Military Academy, St Paul, Minnesota 1932 - 1935 27th Infantry (Schofield Barracks, Hawaii) 1936 - ? 6th Infantry (Jefferson Barracks, Missouri) 1938 - 1941 Executive Officer, Camden Military District, 3rd Military Area 1941 - 1942 Battalion Commander, 1st Infantry Replacement Group 1942 - 1944 Regimental Commander (100th Infantry Division) 01.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding Officer, 399th Infantry Regiment 04.01.1945 - 21.09.1945 Assistant Division Commander, 100th Infantry Division 22.09.1945 - 01.1946 Commanding General, 100th Infantry Division

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