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1939-1945

 Dates: day-month-year, so 10.08.1909 is August 10, 1909. RA = Regular Army. AUS = Army of the United States (temporary rank).
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Ramsburg, Charles Everett	23.10.1917 Frederick, MD -	2nd Lt. AUS 18.09.1943 [081160] Maj. AUS 06.04.1956 Capt. USA 24.03.1958, date of rank 14.05.1951 Maj. USA 01.07.1958 BSM ? ? CR ? ?	Education: graduate Army Command and General Staff College (ACGSC) (C), 1955 21.04.1936 - 04.10.1940 enlisted service 30.01.1943 - 17.09.1943 enlisted service 18.09.1943 commissioned, Army of the United States (AUS) [possibly served in the 87th Division/29th Division in England/Normandy] 01.11.1954 Warrant Officer W-1, Reserve Army 01.11.1954 Chief Warrant Officer W-2, Reserve Army 1950s on the active of the US Army
Reeves, Andrew P [?] SHOULD MOST PROBABLY BE:  Andrew R. Reeves (see next entry)	? ? - ? ?	Col. ?	(1944)     Assistant Chief of Staff G-2, VIII Corps
Reeves, Andrew R	? ? - ? ?	2nd Lt. ? [O6528] ... ... Maj. 01.08.1935 Lt.Col. ? ? Col. ? ?	Education: ? ?     commissioned in the field artillery 21.06.1939 - (10.1939) instructor National Guard (Fayetville, AR)
Reinhardt, Emil Fred	27.10.1888 Bay City, MI - 24.07.1969 Houston, TX [Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery]	2nd Lt. 06.1910 [O2887] ... ... Brig.Gen. 04.1941 Maj.Gen. 17.04.1942 (retd 30.09.1946; disability) DSM ? ? BSM ? 2 x	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-06.1910; grad. # 4931) 06.1910 commissioned in the infantry 10.1941 - 05.1942 Commanding General, Camp Wolters (Mineral Wells) 05.1942 - 11.1942 Commanding General, 76th Infantry Division 07.12.1942 - ? Commanding General, XIII Corps 12.1943 - 14.03.1944 Commanding General, VIII Corps 23.03.1944 - 01.09.1944 Commanding General, IX Corps 09.1944 - 08.1945 Commanding General, 69th Infantry Division (NW Europe; first contact with the Russians)
Rice, Charles Henry Son of Frank and Margaret (Thobro) Rice.	10.05.1882 Laramie, WY - 04.01.1963 San Antonio, TX	2nd Lt. 1907 [O2239] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. 01.01.1936 (retd 1942) CR ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1907; grad. # 4573) 1907 commissioned in the Infantry WW I General Staff, GHQ & 1st Army, AEF American Forces in Germany 1935 - 1938 Instructor, 41st Division, Organized Reserves National Guard 01.06.1938 - 08.06.1940 Commanding Officer, 16th Infantry Regiment (Fort Jay, NY) 1942? - 1944 on active duty as Commanding Officer, Fort McDowell (until retirement due to disability)
Ridgway, Matthew Bunker Son of Colonel Thomas Ridgway, an artillery officer, and the former Ruth Starbuck Bunker. Married 1st (?) Caroline Blount (divirced); two daughters. Married 2nd (1930) Margaret Wilcox (divorced 1946). Married 3rd (13.12.1947) Mary Anthony Long; one son.	03.03.1895 Fort Monroe, Va. - 08.1993 Fox Chapel, PA [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 20.04.1917 [O5264] 1st Lt. 15.05.1917 Capt. (T) 05.08.1917 Capt. 18.07.1919 Maj. 01.10.1932 Lt.Col. 01.07.1940 Col. (T) 11.12.1941 Brig.Gen. (T) 01.1942 Maj.Gen. (T) 06.08.1942 Lt.Gen. (T) 04.06.1945 Brig.Gen. 01.11.1945 Gen. 11.05.1951 (retd 30.06.1955) DSC 11.09.1943 ? DSC 19.07.1944 ? DSM 1944 ? DSM 1945 ? DSM 1951 ? DSM 1955 ? SSM 13.03.1945 ? SSM 1945 ? LM 03.06.1943 ? LM 02.12.1943 ? BSM 1945 ? BSM 1946 ? PH ? ? Presidential Medal of Freedom (1986); Congressional Gold Medal (1991) Many foreign decorations.	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (14.06.1913-20.04.1917); Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA (1925); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1935); Army War College (1937) 20.04.1917 commissioned in the ? 1917 - 1918 company commander and adjutant of the 3d Infantry 1918 - 1924 instructor in Spanish and athletics executive at West Point 1925 - 1927 15th Infantry in China and the 9th Infantry in Texas 1927 - 1929 served on the American Electoral Commission in Nicaragua and the Bolivia-Paraguay Commission of Inquiry and Conciliation 1931 - 1932 served with the 33d Infantry in the Canal Zone 1932 - 1933 technical adviser to the governor general of the Philippines 1935 - ? Assistant Chief of Staff, G–3, VI Corps Area ? - ? Assistant Chief of Staff, G–3, Second Army 1937 - 1939 Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, Fourth Army 09.1939 - 01.1942 War Plans Division, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) 25.03.1942 - 26.06.1942 Assistant Division Commander, 82nd Infantry Division (Camp Claiborne, LA) 26.06.1942 - 15.08.1942 Commanding General, 82nd Infantry Division (Camp Claiborne, LA) 15.08.1942 - 27.08.1944 Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division (Fort Bragg, NC; Sicily, Italy, Normandy) 27.08.1944 - 09.1945 Commanding General, XVII Airborne Corps (France, Belgium, Holland, Germany) 08.1945 assigned command Luzon Area Command, Phillipine Islands 10.1945 - 01.1946 Commanding General, Mediterranean Theater of Operations (& Deputy Supreme Allied Commander) 1946 - 1948 representative of the United States to the United Nations Military Staff Committee and chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board 1948 - 1949 Commander-in-Chief, Caribbean Command 1949 - 1950 Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration, US Army (Washington, DC) 1950 - 04.1951 Commanding General, Eighth Army (Korea) 04.1951 - 30.05.1952 Commander-in-Chief, US Forces in the Far East Command and Supreme Commander, Allied Powers in Japan 30.05.1952 - 11.07.1953 Supreme Allied Commander Europe 16.08.1953 - 30.061955 Chief of Staff, US Army Published: Soldier : the memoirs  of Matthew B. Ridgway (as told to Harold H. Martin) (1956); The Korean War (1967) Literature: George Charles Mitchell, Matthew B. Ridgway : soldier, statesman, scholar, citizen (2002)
Robertson, Harry Staples Son of Harry Cook & Ann Robertson.	22.04.1896 Washington County, MN - 02.1966 Alameda County, CA	2nd Lt. 26.10.1917 [accepted 22.11.1917]  [07070] 1st Lt. (temp) ?, seniority 26.10.1917 1st Lt. ?, seniority 26.10.1917 Capt. 01.07.1920 Maj. 01.08.1935 Lt.Col. ? Col. ? (retd 31.07.1953) LM ? ? BSM ? ? CR ? 2x	Education: Infantry School Company Officers' Course (1927) 30.06.1916 - 19.12.1916 Sergeant, Company K3 Infantry, Minnesota National Guard 15.08.1917 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry Section, Officer Reserve Corps (active duty, 15.08.1917-22.11.1917) 22.11.1917 commissioned, Infantry (01.1931) 84th Division (Indianapolis, MN) (10.1939) Reserve Officer Training Corps, Council Bluffs High School, Council Bluffs, IA (10.1944) - (1945) Commanding Officer, 291st Infantry Regiment
Robertson, Walter Melville Son of William Walter and Mary Fannie (Pettit) Robertson. Married (10.08.1916) Lorene Powell Crebs.	15.06.1888 Nelson County, VA - 22.11.1954 San Francisco, CA [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 12.06.1912 [O3378] ... ... Maj. 01.07.1929 Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 ... ... Brig.Gen. 12.1941 Maj.Gen. (T) 17.08.1942 Maj.Gen. 24.01.1948 (retd 30.06.1950) DSC ? ? DSM ? 2 x SSM ? ? LM ? ? BSM ? ? ETO Service Medal with 5 campaign stars; Hon. Companion of the Order of the Bath (UK); Legion of Honor (France); Croix de Guerre with palm (France); Military Cross (Czechoslovakia); Order of White Lion, 3rd class (Czechoslovakia); Order of Wars of Fatherland (Russia)	Education: Central State Normal School, OK (1907); student, University of Oklahoma (1907); US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1912; grad. # 5059); advanced course, Infantry School (1925); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1926); Army War College (1930) 12.06.1912     commissioned in the infantry 1912 - 1915 Hawaii 1917 - 1918 training units (US) 05.1918 - 02.1920 with AEF (France) 1920 - 1924 Inspector General's Department 1926 - 1929 instructor, Command and General Staff School (Fort Leavenworth, KS) 1930 - 1933 instructor, Army War College 1933 - 1936 Philippine Islands 09.07.1936 - 1940 Office of the Chief of Supply (G-4), War Department General Staff 08.11.1940 - 15.12.1941 Commanding Officer, 9th Infantry Regiment 15.12.1941 - 11.05.1942 Assistant Division Commander, 2nd Infantry Division 05.1942 - 06.1945 Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division (NW Europe) [except for 22.11-02.12.1943] 06.1945 - 03.1946 Commanding General, XV Corps (occupational forces in Austria till 07.1945, then occupation Germany) 03.1946 - 09.1947 Head, US Delegation Allied Control Commission, Bulgaria 1947 Deputy Commander, 6th Army California State Director of Civil Defense, Sacramento, CA, 1950-1954.
Rogers Jr., John M	1905? ? - (08?).01.1948 Monmouth County, NJ	... ... Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? (retd)	1943? - 1944? 1st Infantry Division (NW Europe): (05.11.1943) - 15.08.1944 Assistant Chief of Staff G-5 (Civil Affairs)
Roosevelt  Jr., Theodore "Ted"	13.09.1887 Oyster Bay Cove, Long Island, NY - 12.07.1944 Normandy, France [Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Basse-Normandie, France, Plot D, Row 28, Grave 45]	Brig.Gen. 17.12.1941 [O-139726] MoH 28.09.1944 Normandy 06.06.44 [posthumously]	Soldier, politician, publisher, author. See for more details on his personal & political life the entry at Wikipedia. 04.1917 - 1919 commissioned as Maj., transferred to the Reserve as Col. 04.1941     recalled to active duty 04.1941 - 1942 Commanding Officer, 26th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) (US, North Africa) 1942 - 1943 Assistant Divisional Commander, 1st Infantry Division (North Africa, Sicily) (relieved by Patton to restore discipline in the unit) 1943 - 1944 liaison duties with the French army in Italy 02.1944 - 12.07.1944 Assistant Divisional Commander, 4th Infantry Division (NW Europe) (only general in first wave at Utah Beach) (died of a heart attack) Literature: H. Paul Jeffers, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. : the life of a war hero (2002)
Ryder, Charles Wolcott "Doc"	16.01.1892 Topeka, KS - 17.08.1960 Vineyard Haven, MA	2nd Lt. 12.06.1915 [O3802] ... ... Brig.Gen. 01.1942 Maj.Gen. (T) 25.06.1942 (retd 28.02.1950; disability) Maj.Gen. 1948 DSC ? 2 x DSM ? ? SSM ? 2 x LM ? 2 x PH ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1915; grad. # 5351) 12.06.1915 commissioned in the infantry 1937 - 1941 Commandant of Cadet, US Military Academy, West Point (NY) 01.1941 - 01.1942 Chief of Staff, VI Army Corps 1942 - 1942 Assistant Division Commander, 90th Infantry Division 1942 - 1942 Assistant Division Commander, 34th Infantry Division 05.1942 - 1944 Commanding General, 34th Infantry Division 02.09.1944 - 06.12.1948 Commanding General, IX Corps 1949 served in the Office of the Chief of Staff, US Army (Washington, DC)

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