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Matthew Bunker Ridgway: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born March 3, 1895 • Fort Monroe • Virginia
Died July 26, 1993 (aged 98) • Pennsylvania
Role In Korean War • Normandy Invasion • World War II

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Matthew B. Ridgway, 1951.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Matthew B. Ridgway stand on a platform, saluting behind rows of microphones during a military ceremony outdoors.
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Maxwell Taylor, 1962.
Maxwell Davenport Taylor
American military officer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
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James Alward Van Fleet
United States military commander
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley
American military officer
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
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John Clifford Hodges Lee
United States Army officer
Mark Clark
Mark Clark
American military officer
Lemnitzer, Lyman
Lyman Lemnitzer
American military officer
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
George S. Patton
George Patton
American military officer
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Harold K. Johnson
United States Army officer
Courtney Hicks Hodges, commander of the U.S. First Army, 1944–45.
Courtney Hicks Hodges
American army officer
James Gavin, commander of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, 1944–45.
James Maurice Gavin
American military commander
Jacob L. Devers.
Jacob L. Devers
United States general
Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling and leaning on a surface, holding a cigarette in a holder, wearing a suit and glasses, photographed in 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall
American military officer and government official
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Aaron Bank
American military officer
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William Yarborough
United States Army officer
Lloyd Bentsen.
Lloyd Bentsen
American politician

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