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US Army Officers
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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Lancer,
Thomas Francis


Married 1st Elizabeth Lancer (divorced); one daughter. Married 2nd Annie G. Lancer.
11.04.1907
NY
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12.06.1999
Alexandria Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA (after an auto accident in 04.1999)
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
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Maj.
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Lt.Col.
05.11.1944
Col.
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Legion of Merit (US) LM
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Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
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2 x
Education: Manhattan College, St. John's Law School and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
FBI agent before the war.
1942?
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1944?
commander of 1st Military Police Platoon (N Africa, Sicily, France)
1944?
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1945?
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):
15.08.1944
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1945 Assistant Chief of Staff G-5 (Civil Affairs)
1945?
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military governor of Aachen and Bonn in Germany, commandant of a military police school and provost marshal in Berlin during the airlift there
Special assistant to the New York City school superintendent. Lectured at the New York City Police Academy and was a consultant to the United Nations security force.
Lauten,
John H

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Maj.
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1943?
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1945?
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):
(06.1944)


S-2 (Intelligence), 16th Infantry
09.04.1945
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1945
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 (Intelligence)
Lear,
Ben


12.05.1879
Hamilton, Ont., Canada
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02.11.1966
Mufreesboro, TN
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
2nd Lt.
1901 [O1179]
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Brig.Gen.
05.1936
Maj.Gen.
10.1938
Lt.Gen. (T) ?
1940 ?
Lt.Gen.
05.1943 (retd 31.05.1943) (recalled 31.05.1943) (retd 31.12.1945)
Gen. (retd)
04.08.1954
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
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2 x
Silver Star Medal SSM
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Education: Mounted Service School (1911); School of the Line (1922); etc.
1899


commissioned in the 1st Colorado Infantry Volunteers
1901


commissioned in the cavalry [Regular Army]
1938
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1940
Commanding General, Pacific Sector of the Panama Canal Zone
20.10.1940
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25.04.1943
Commanding General, Second Army
1943
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1944
Member, Secretary of War's Personnel Board
07.1944
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01.1945
Commanding General, Army Ground Forces
01.1945
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07.1945
Deputy Commander, US Army Forces, European Theater of Operations
Lindquist,
Roy Ernest

18.02.1907
MA
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19.11.1986
St Petersburg, FL
2nd Lt. RA
12.06.1930 [018125]
1st Lt. RA
01.08.1935
Brig.Gen. RA
30.03.1957
Maj. AUS
01.02.1942
Lt.Col. AUS
20.10.1942
Col. AUS
27.03.1943
Brig.Gen. AUS
1953?
Maj.Gen. AUS
01.07.1952 (retd 06.1960; disability)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
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Silver Star Medal SSM
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Legion of Merit (US) LM
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2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
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3 x
Purple Heart PH
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- CIB
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Education: MA, Maine; US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1926-11.06.1930; BS; grad. # 8891); graduate, Infantry School Company Officers' Course (1934); entered Armed Forces Staff College; National War College (1951); Command and General Staff School (1926; General Staff Class 1946); Infantry School (Company Officers' course, 1934)
14.01.1924
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30.06.1926
enlisted service
12.06.1930


commissioned in the infantry
(10.1939)


29th Infantry Regiment (Fort Benning, GA)



S1, Airborne Command
20.10.1942
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1946
Commanding Officer, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (N Africa, NW Europe)
1946
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1948
Airborne School & Department, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA
1948
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1950
Joint Military Assistance Group, Greece
1951
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1953
Office G3, Army Field Forces
1953
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Commanding General, 187 Airborne Regimental Combat Team
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1956
Deputy Chief of the General Staff, IX Corps (Japan)
1957
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1958
Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division
1958
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1960
Chief, Army Mission Military Assistance Advisory Group Iran
Lord,
Kenneth B

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Maj.
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1943?
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1945?
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):
14.12.1944
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07.01.1945
acting Assistant Chief of Staff G-3 (Operations & Plans)
Lucas,
John Porter

"Old Luke"

14.01.1890
Kearneysville, WV
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24.12.1949
Great Lakes Naval Base, IL
2nd Lt.
1911 [O3101]
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Brig.Gen. (T)
10.1940
Maj.Gen. (T)
05.08.1941
Maj.Gen.
08.1944 (retd 24.12.1949)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
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2 x
Distinguished Service Medal (Navy) DSM
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Silver Star Medal SSM
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Purple Heart PH
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Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1911)
1911


commissioned in the cavalry
1920


transferred to the field artillery
1937
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1940
Member, Field Artillery Board
1940
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1940
Commanding Officer, 1st Artillery Regiment (Fort Sill, OK)
1940
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1941
Artillery Commander, 2nd Infantry Division (Fort Sam Houston, TX)
09.1941
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03.1942
Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division (Fort Lewis, WA)
04.1942
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05.1943
Commanding General, III Corps (Fort McPherson, GA)
05.1943
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09.1943
Deputy Ground Commander on staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (UK, North Africa, Sicily)
09.09.1943
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18.09.1943
Commanding General, II Corps (Sicily)
20.09.1943
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27.02.1944
Commanding General, VI Corps (Anzio, Italy)
03.1944
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04.1944
Deputy Commander, Fourth Army (Fort Sam Houston, TX)
04.1944
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23.07.1945
Commanding General, Fourth Army (Fort Sam Houston, TX)
06.1946
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01.1948
Chief of the Army Advisory Group, Nanking, China
04.1948
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24.12.1949
Deputy Commander, Fifth Army (Chicago, IL)
       

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