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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Of all the generals named, only Fredendall and Stillwell played a significant role in the war. As you noted, Fredendall’s role was brief, and significant only in that he showed that peacetime merit didn’t always translate well into combat effectiveness.

Stilwell was the other.

The other guys? Never heard of them.


6 posted on 08/04/2009 5:44:45 AM PDT by henkster (A "Living Constitution" yields a Dead Republic)
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To: henkster

Gen Keyon A Joyce

He joined the Army as a Private during the Spanish-American War and rose through the ranks to Major General. He was wounded by a grenade in World War I and thereafter did not have use of one hand.

He was commander of Fort Myer, Virginia, (adjacent to Arlington) from 1933 to 1937 and he supervised the construction of the Chapel from which his own funeral was conducted following his death in San Francisco on January 11, 1960. He was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery.

Rose from Private to Major General!


8 posted on 08/04/2009 6:07:06 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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