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Biographies, 82nd Airborne Division

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Bradley, Omar
United States

General of the Army, Brevet Lieutenant General, Major General (temporary), Brigadier general (temporary), Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, Second Lieutenant

14th Infantry Regiment
Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
Commanding Officer, United States Army Infantry School
Commanding Officer, 82nd Infantry Division
Commanding Officer, 28th Infantry Division
Commanding Officer, II Corps
Commanding Officer, First Army
Commanding Officer, 12th Army Group
Chief of Staff of the Army
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Born: February 12th, 1893, Clark, Missouri, United States
Died: April 8th, 1981, New York City, United States
Bradley, Omar
Gavin, James Maurice
United States

Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Cadet, Private

U.S. Coast Artillery
Commanding Officer, K Company, 7th Infantry Regiment
Commanding Officer, C Company, 503rd Parachute Infantry Battalion.
Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Assistant Division Commander, 82nd Airborne Division
Commanding Officer, 82nd Airborne Division
Commanding Officer, VII Corps

Born: March 22nd, 1907
Died: February 23rd, 1990
Gavin, James Maurice
Ridgway, Matthew Bunker
United States

General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Cadet

3rd Infantry Regiment
Assistant Chief of Staff of VI Corps
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Second Army
Assistant Chief of Staff of the Fourth Army
War Plans Division
Commanding Officer, 15th Infantry Regiment
Assistant Division Commander of the 82nd Infantry Division
Commanding Officer, 82nd Infantry Division
Commanding Officer, 82nd Airborne Division
Commanding Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps
Commanding Officer, Caribbean Command
Commanding Officer, Eighth Army
United Nations Command
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Chief of Staff of the United States Army

Born: March 3rd, 1895
Died: July 26th, 1993
Ridgway, Matthew Bunker