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Relieved from front-line duty in early July, the 82nd Airborne Division had, during the severe fighting in the Normandy bocage, suffered 46 percent casualties. [16] 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 ...
Antoine Charles du Houx de Vioménil was a major general, and brother to Charles du Houx. He also served under Rochambeau. Claude-Anne de Rouvroy de Saint Simon was a major general serving in the West Indies when France entered the war. His troops sailed north with de Grasse and were present at Yorktown.
Established total of six major generals of the line. Authorized promotion to major general on the retired list of one retired officer who may have distinguished himself in command of a separate army during the Spanish–American War (William R. Shafter). Act of February 5, 1903: 32 Stat. 796: 7: 6 1
This is a list of active duty United States Army major generals collected from publicly available and accessible information. Joint positions. Department of Defense
Major-General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (/ ˈ k l eɪ b ɜːr n / KLAY-burn; March 16, 1828 – November 30, 1864) [1] was a senior officer in the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
A great-grandson, Nathan Bedford Forrest III (1905–1943), graduated from West Point and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army Air Corps; he was killed during a bombing raid over Nazi Germany in 1943, becoming the first American general to die in combat in the European theater during World War II.
George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
Major-General John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822) was an American military officer who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.He became known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.