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James Alward Van Fleet
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James Alward Van Fleet: Facts & Related Content

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Born March 19, 1892 • New Jersey
Died September 23, 1992 (aged 100) • Florida
Title / Office general (1951-1953), United States
Awards And Honors Purple Heart
Role In Battle of the Bulge • Korean War • Normandy Invasion • World War II
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Maxwell Taylor, 1962.
Maxwell Davenport Taylor
United States army officer
Matthew B. Ridgway, 1951.
Matthew Bunker Ridgway
United States general
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
John Clifford Hodges Lee
United States Army officer
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley
United States general
George S. Patton
George Patton
United States general
Harold K. Johnson
United States Army officer
Courtney Hicks Hodges, commander of the U.S. First Army, 1944–45.
Courtney Hicks Hodges
United States general
Mark Clark
Mark Clark
American military officer
Lemnitzer, Lyman
Lyman Lemnitzer
United States general
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Anthony C. McAuliffe
United States general
William Yarborough
United States Army officer
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall
United States general
Aaron Bank
United States Army officer
Everett Strait Hughes
United States Army officer
Geoffrey Keyes
American army officer
James Gavin, commander of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, 1944–45.
James Maurice Gavin
United States general
Frank Dow Merrill
United States Army officer

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II
U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
World War II Quiz