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Born October 30, 1888 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died October 15, 1963 (aged 74) • New York City • New York
Role In World War II

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Maxwell Taylor, 1962.
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United States military officer
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United States naval serviceman
Robert Bostwick Carney.
Robert Bostwick Carney
United States admiral
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United States naval officer
Forrestal, James V.
James V. Forrestal
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John Hay Whitney
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Omar Bradley
American military officer
James Gavin, commander of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, 1944–45.
James Maurice Gavin
American military commander
Walter Bedell Smith, 1946.
Walter Bedell Smith
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Patrick J. Hurley
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American diplomat
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United States brigadier general
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