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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, Légion 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
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 		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).
Truscott Jr.,
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)
Tucker III.,
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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