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Brigadier General Frederic Bates Butler (5 October 1896 – 20 June 1987) was the U.S. Army officer who led the American Task Force in the encirclement action of Operation Dragoon at the Battle of Montelimar, France, in World War II.
Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944. Although initially designed to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the June 1944 Allied landing in Normandy, a lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing.
Richard W. Butler is a retired aviator and officer in the United States Navy. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was the commandant of Joint Task Force Guantanamo from July 2013 to July 2014.
Task Force 85 [16] Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers Battleship USS Nevada bombarding the French coast during Operation Dragoon French light cruiser Montcalm. Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers in amphibious force flagship Biscayne. Force Flagship Group Force flagship: USS Biscayne 1 Gleaves-class (4 × 5-in. main battery) destroyer: USS Forrest
In August 1984, Butler was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets. [3] He was mentioned in dispatches while on active service in Northern Ireland in November 1991 [4] and twice received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service; first for his service in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia in the Autumn of 1997 [5] and again for his service in Sierra Leone in summer 2000.
Richard Girnt Butler (February 23, 1918 – September 8, 2004) was an American engineer and neo-Nazi. After dedicating himself to the Christian Identity movement, a racist offshoot of British Israelism , Butler founded the National Socialist Aryan Nations and would become the "spiritual godfather" [ 1 ] to the white separatist movement, in ...
As of November 20, 2024, U.S. federal agencies and the House task force are still working to determine Crooks's motive, which remains unknown. [197] Sean Curran , the Secret Service agent who protected Trump from the assassination attempt, was appointed director of the Secret Service in January 2025 by Trump.
Major-General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps officer and writer. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, World War I, and the Banana Wars.