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Alexander McCarrell Patch (23 November 1889 – 21 November 1945) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both world wars, rising to rank of general.During World War II, he commanded U.S. Army and Marine Corps forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific, and the Seventh Army on the Western Front in Europe.
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 ...
Benjamin A. Poore (June 22, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general.An 1886 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he was a veteran of the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, World War I, and Occupation of the Rhineland, and commanded several Infantry brigades as well as the 4th Division and Seventh ...
Bennet S. Sacolick: Retired Lieutenant General. Former Commander of Delta Force from April 2003 to July 2005. Sacolick had previously served with the 2nd Ranger battalion and the 7th Special Forces Group where he saw combat in Central America including the Salvadoran Civil War and the United States invasion of Panama.
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 ...
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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The 1st Armored Division would head north to engage the Iraqi Republican Guard in the Battle of Medina Ridge. [16] The 3rd Armored Division would protect the flank of the 1st Infantry Division. That gave VII Corps commander General Frederick M. Franks, Jr. a three division strike