Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-1965
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Name (Hebrew)
טראסקוט, לוסיאן, 1895-1965
Name (Latin)
Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-1965
Other forms of name
nnaa Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-
Truscott, Lucian King, 1895- nnaa
Date of birth
1895-01-09
Date of death
1965
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Lt. General
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Sources of Information
- Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014(Lt. General)
- His Command missions, 1954.
- NUCMC data from George C. Marshall Research Foundation Lib. for Handy, T. Papers, 1935-1981(Truscott, Lucian K., Jr.)
- WWW Am. His.-Mil., 1975:p. 595 (Truscott, Lucian King, Jr., d. 1965)
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Wikipedia description:
General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (9 January 1895 – 12 September 1965) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer, who saw distinguished active service during World War II. Between 1943–1945, he successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, Fifteenth Army and Fifth Army, serving mainly in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) during his wartime service. He and Alexander Patch were the only U.S. Army officers to command a division, a corps, and a field army in combat during the war.
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