George Catlett Marshall, Jr. (born on December 31,1880 inUniontown,Fayette County,Pennsylvania; died on 16 October1959 inWashington,DC) was an American general and statesman of the Army. He was best known through the Marshall Plan, named after him, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 and 1959, the Charlemagne Prize. Life Marshallwas in1880 inUniontown,Pennsylvania, born [...]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30,1882 in Hyde Park, in upstate New York, and died April 12,1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia State, is an American statesman, thirty -second President of the United States. As central figure of the twentieth century, he was the onlyU.S.president to be elected four times. In his fourth term, he was [...]

John Porter “Old Luke” Lucas (Born on 14 January 1890 in West Virginia, died on December 24, 1949 in the aforementioned state of Great Lakes Illinois) – General of artillery, the commander of U.S. VI Corps during World War II. He was born on January 14st 1890 in West Virginia. He entered the military academy [...]

William Orlando Darby (Fort Smith, Feb. 9, 1911 – Torbole, April 30, 1945) was aUnited Statesmilitary, famous commander of U.S. Army Rangers.   He graduated from theMilitaryAcademyatWest Pointin 1933, attained the rank of captain in 1940.   The Rangers Before and during the war he held various staff positions, but his name was linked to [...]

John Wilson “Iron Mike” O’Daniel (born on 15 February 1894 in Newark, Delaware; died on 27 March 1975 in San Diego, Calif.), was General of the U.S. Army and the U.S. diplomat. He became known especially for his achievements as commander of the 3rd Infantry Division in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France and Germany [...]

Henry Kent Hewitt (born on February 11, 1887 in Hackensack, New Jersey; died on 15 September, 1972 in Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont) was an admiral in the U.S. Navy. H. Kent Hewitt was one of the most important American military personnel of World War II, but – in contrast to the admirals of the Pacific [...]

Alexander Patch This article is about a U.S. General in World War II. Alexander McCarrell “Sandy” Patch junior (born on 23 November 1889 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona to 21 November 1945 in Fort Sam Houston, Texas) was a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army who served in World War II. In the Pacific War, he [...]

This article is about an U.S. General in World War II. Jacob Loucks Devers (September 8, 1887 in York, Pennsylvania, – October 15, 1979 in Washington) was an American general. During World War II, Devers commanded the U.S. 6th Army Group in Europe. In 1909, Devers was graduated from the Military Academy at West Point [...]

This article is about an US Army General in Wolrd War II. Lucian King Truscott, Jr. (January 9, 1895 – September 12, 1965) was a general of the U.S. Army during World War II. After his military career, he wrote a few books like “Command Mission” (ISBN 0-89141-364-2) and “The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry” [...]