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Presenting Distinguished Flying Cross to his son, Captain Michael E. Ryan (right), 1969. General John D. Ryan with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and the other members of The Joint Chiefs of Staff at The Pentagon on January 5, 1973. Ryan's son, General Michael E. Ryan, also held the position of chief of staff. Unlike the elder Ryan's ...
General James Alward Van Fleet (19 March 1892 – 23 September 1992) was a United States Army officer who saw service during World War I, World War II and the Korean War.Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and graduated from the United States Military Academy.
The division was activated on 1 March 1942, in Camp Polk, Louisiana, out of "surplus" elements of the reorganized 3rd and 5th Armored Divisions, and itself reorganized on 20 September 1943. The 7th Armored Division trained at Camp Coxcomb in California. The 7th Armored Division arrived in England in June 1944.
The 7th Infantry Division is an active duty infantry division of the United States Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord charged with sustaining the combat readiness of two Stryker brigade combat teams (BCT), a combat aviation brigade, and a Division Artillery Unit, as well as participating in several yearly partnered exercises and operations in support of U.S. Army Pacific and the Indo ...
Charles Maynard "Savvy" Cooke Jr. (19 December 1886 – 24 December 1970), was a United States Navy admiral who saw service in World War I and World War II and later served as commander of United States Seventh Fleet from 1946 to 1947 and commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Western Pacific from 1947 to 1948.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Major General Charles Harrison Corlett (ASN: 0-3746), United States Army, for gallantry in action as Commanding General of the 7th Infantry Division on Kwajalein Island on 4 February 1944.
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Ralph McT. Pennell (August 18, 1882 – May 17, 1973) was a career officer in the United States Army.A veteran of World War I and World War II, he attained the rank of major general, and was a recipient of the Legion of Merit and two awards of the Army Distinguished Service Medal.