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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.
While married to Hemingway, Gellhorn had an affair with U.S. paratrooper Major General James M. Gavin, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division. Gavin was the youngest divisional commander in the U.S. Army in World War II. [25]
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.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- An Army general who admitted to improper relationships with three subordinates appeared to choke up Monday as he told a judge that he'd failed the female captain who had ...
Presidents -- they're just like us! Believe it or not, they're not immune to the occasional case of the wandering eye.
“In retrospect, it was a battle that should not have been fought,” wrote Gen. James Gavin, then commanding officer of the 82nd Airborne. Henry was captured and spent time as a POW before being ...
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
Brigadier General James M. Gavin, commanding the 82nd Airborne, had ordered a crossing of the Waal River during daylight hours so the Americans could outflank the German defenders, who were dug in around the city's crucial bridges. Put in charge of the crossing, Cook was in the first wave across the river.