US Army Generals Multi Signed First Day Cover Dated 1975 JG Autographs COA
"US Army Generals" Multi Signed First Day Cover Dated 1975. Signers are; Lyman Lemnitzer, Mark Clark and Lauris Norstad. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (August 29, 1899 - November 12, 1988) was a. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lemnitzer was born on August 29, 1899 in.
And graduated from Honesdale High School in 1917. At West Point, from which he graduated in 1920 with a commission as a second lieutenant in the. United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. In 1921, and then served at.
In Rhode Island and in the Philippines. He was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930. Lemnitzer served again in the Philippines from 1934 to 1935, and graduated from the. United States Army Command and General Staff College. He was an instructor at the Coast Artillery School, and graduated from the. United States Army War College.At the start of World War II Lemnitzer served with the 70th Coast Artillery Regiment and then the 38th Coast Artillery Brigade. In May 1941, Lemnitzer, then a colonel, was assigned to the War Plans Division of the Army staff, and then to the staff of the Army Ground Forces. (May 1, 1896 - April 17, 1984) was a. He was the youngest four-star. In the United States Army during World War II.
During World War I, he was a. In 1918, as a 22-year-old. Where he was seriously wounded by. After the war, the future. During World War II, he commanded the.
He is known for leading the Fifth Army in its capture of. Clark has been heavily criticized for ignoring the orders of his superior officer, British. To slip away, in his drive to take Rome, the capital of Italy, a strategically unimportant city. The German 10th Army then joined with the rest of the German army group at the. In March 1945, Clark, at the age of 48, became the youngest American officer ever to be promoted to the rank of four star.
A close friend of Clark's, considered him a brilliant. Clark was awarded many medals, including the. Army's second highest award. (March 24, 1907 - September 12, 1988) was an.United States Army Air Forces. Lauris Norstad was born in. Minnesota to a Norwegian immigrant Lutheran minister and his wife.
He earned his high school diploma from Red Wing Central High School in 1925. June 12, 1930 and was commissioned a second lieutenant of. In September 1930, he entered Primary Flying School at. California, and graduated from Advanced Flying School and was transferred to the Air Corps in June 1931. Assuming command of it in July 1933.
In March 1936 he was named adjutant of the. Entering the "short course" the. As officer in charge of the. Virginia, in July 1940, General Norstad was adjutant of the. And the following November he was named assistant chief of staff for intelligence of General Headquarters Air Force there. In February 1942 he was appointed a member of the Advisory Council to the commanding general of the.