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James Maurice Gavin (22 March 1907 – 23 February 1990), sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II.
She was the third wife of American novelist Ernest Hemingway, from 1940 to 1945. ... Gellhorn had an affair with U.S. paratrooper Major General James M. Gavin, ...
James M. Gavin (1907–1990), United States Army general and ambassador to France Jim Gavin (Gaelic footballer) (born 1971), Irish Gaelic football manager and former player James Gavin (covenanter) , tailor who had his ears cut off and was enslaved for refusing to renounce his faith
Ridgway and Major General James M. Gavin during the Battle of the Bulge, 19 December 1944 In August 1944, Ridgway was given the command of XVIII Airborne Corps . Command of the 82nd Airborne Division passed to Brigadier General James M. Gavin, who had served as Ridgway's Assistant Division Commander.
US Brigadier-General James M. Gavin, recalled that when he travelled to England in November 1943 to assume command of the 82nd Airborne Division, Ridgway "cautioned me against the machinations and scheming of General F. M. Browning, who was the senior British airborne officer, and well he should have."
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He was raised in Arizona. In June 1947, he enlisted in the United States Army, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper and as a driver for General James M. Gavin. [1] [6] [2] He became a private first class. After leaving the Army in 1948, he returned to Phoenix, where he attended Phoenix College and Arizona State University ...