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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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Lancer, Thomas Francis Married 1st Elizabeth Lancer (divorced); one daughter. Married 2nd Annie G. Lancer.	11.04.1907 NY - 12.06.1999 Alexandria Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA (after an auto accident in 04.1999) [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	... ... Maj. ? Lt.Col. 05.11.1944 Col. ? LM ? ? BSM ? 2 x	Education: Manhattan College, St. John's Law School and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces FBI agent before the war. 1942? - 1944? commander of 1st Military Police Platoon (N Africa, Sicily, France) 1944? - 1945? 1st Infantry Division (NW Europe): 15.08.1944 - 1945 Assistant Chief of Staff G-5 (Civil Affairs) 1945? - ? 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	? ? - ? ?	... ... Maj. ?	1943? - 1945? 1st Infantry Division (NW Europe): (06.1944) S-2 (Intelligence), 16th Infantry 09.04.1945 - 1945 Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 (Intelligence)
Lear, Ben	12.05.1879 Hamilton, Ont., Canada - 02.11.1966 Mufreesboro, TN [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 1901 [O1179] ... ... 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 DSM ? 2 x SSM ? ?	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 - 1940 Commanding General, Pacific Sector of the Panama Canal Zone 20.10.1940 - 25.04.1943 Commanding General, Second Army 1943 - 1944 Member, Secretary of War's Personnel Board 07.1944 - 01.1945 Commanding General, Army Ground Forces 01.1945 - 07.1945 Deputy Commander, US Army Forces, European Theater of Operations
Lindquist, Roy Ernest	18.02.1907 MA - 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) DSM ? ? SSM ? ? LM ? 2 x BSM ? 3 x PH ? ? - CIB ? ?	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 - 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 - 1946 Commanding Officer, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (N Africa, NW Europe) 1946 - 1948 Airborne School & Department, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA 1948 - 1950 Joint Military Assistance Group, Greece 1951 - 1953 Office G3, Army Field Forces 1953 - ? Commanding General, 187 Airborne Regimental Combat Team ? - 1956 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, IX Corps (Japan) 1957 - 1958 Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division 1958 - 1960 Chief, Army Mission Military Assistance Advisory Group Iran
Lord, Kenneth B	? ? - ? ?	... ... Maj. ?	1943? - 1945? 1st Infantry Division (NW Europe): 14.12.1944 - 07.01.1945 acting Assistant Chief of Staff G-3 (Operations & Plans)
Lucas, John Porter "Old Luke"	14.01.1890 Kearneysville, WV - 24.12.1949 Great Lakes Naval Base, IL	2nd Lt. 1911 [O3101] ... ... Brig.Gen. (T) 10.1940 Maj.Gen. (T) 05.08.1941 Maj.Gen. 08.1944 (retd 24.12.1949) DSM ? 2 x DSM ? ? SSM ? ? PH ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1911) 1911 commissioned in the cavalry 1920 transferred to the field artillery 1937 - 1940 Member, Field Artillery Board 1940 - 1940 Commanding Officer, 1st Artillery Regiment (Fort Sill, OK) 1940 - 1941 Artillery Commander, 2nd Infantry Division (Fort Sam Houston, TX) 09.1941 - 03.1942 Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division (Fort Lewis, WA) 04.1942 - 05.1943 Commanding General, III Corps (Fort McPherson, GA) 05.1943 - 09.1943 Deputy Ground Commander on staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (UK, North Africa, Sicily) 09.09.1943 - 18.09.1943 Commanding General, II Corps (Sicily) 20.09.1943 - 27.02.1944 Commanding General, VI Corps (Anzio, Italy) 03.1944 - 04.1944 Deputy Commander, Fourth Army (Fort Sam Houston, TX) 04.1944 - 23.07.1945 Commanding General, Fourth Army (Fort Sam Houston, TX) 06.1946 - 01.1948 Chief of the Army Advisory Group, Nanking, China 04.1948 - 24.12.1949 Deputy Commander, Fifth Army (Chicago, IL)

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