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United States Army generals of World War II

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A General of the Army, Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. His successful leadership in Operation Torch (1942–1943) and Operation Overlord was pivotal to the Allied victory in World War II.
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)
George Marshall
American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)
George S. Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
Omar Bradley
United States Army general (1893–1981)
Leslie Groves
United States Army Corps of Engineers officer (1896–1970)
Mark W. Clark
United States Army general (1896–1984)
Dwight Filley Davis Sr.
American politician and tennis player (1879–1945)
Maxwell D. Taylor
American military officer and diplomat (1901-1987)
Joseph Stilwell
United States Army general (1883–1946)
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
US Army Medal of Honor recipient (1886–1944)
William J. Donovan
U.S. Army soldier during WWII, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, head of the OSS (1883-1959)
Joseph Lawton Collins
United States Army general
Matthew Ridgway
United States Army general (1895–1993)
James M. Gavin
former lieutenant general, United States Army (1907–1990)
Walter Bedell Smith
United States Army general and Director of Central Intelligence (1895-1961)
Courtney Hodges
United States general (1887-1966)
Lucius D. Clay
United States general (1897–1978)
Jacob L. Devers
United States Army general (1887-1979)
Anthony McAuliffe
American general (1898-1975)
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American lieutenant general during World War II (1886–1945)
Walter Krueger
American general (1881-1967)
Lyman Lemnitzer
American general (1899–1988)
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV
United States Army general, Medal of Honor recipient (1883-1953)
Walton H. Walker
United States Army general (1889-1950)
James A. Van Fleet
United States Army general (1892-1992)
John R. Hodge
United States Army general (1893-1963)
William H. Simpson
United States Army general (1888-1980)
Alexander M. Patch
United States Army general (1889-1945)
Robert L. Eichelberger
United States Army general commanding the US Eighth Army during World War II (1886–1961)
Walter Short
United States general (1880-1949)
Albert Wedemeyer
United States Army general (1897-1989)
Harry Chamberlin
Equestrian and US Army brigadier general (1887–1944)
Lloyd Fredendall
American General during World War II (1883–1963)
Lesley J. McNair
recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1883-1944)
Adna R. Chaffee Jr.
United States Army general (1884–1941)
William F. Dean
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1899–1981)
Kenneth Claiborne Royall
United States general (1894-1971)
Lucian Truscott
U.S. Army general in WWII, commander of 5th and 3rd Army (1895-1965)
Norman Cota
U.S. Army Major General (1893–1971)
Clarence R. Huebner
United States Army general (1888-1972)
Thomas Farrell
American general (1891–1967)
Edward Almond
United States Army general (1892–1979)
Troy H. Middleton
United States Army general (1889-1976)
Archibald Vincent Arnold
United States Army general (1889-1973)
James C. Marshall
US Army general and engineer
Leonard T. Gerow
United States Army general (1888-1972)
Ben Lear
United States Army General (1879–1966)
Terry de la Mesa Allen
American army officer (1888-1969)
Bonner Fellers
United States Army general (1896–1973)
Joseph T. McNarney
United States Army general (1893–1972)
Edward Martin
politician (1879-1967)
Frank Merrill
United States Army general (1903-1955)
Thomas T. Handy
United States general (1892–1982)
Malin Craig
American politician (1875-1945)
Courtney Whitney
American army general
Guy Henry
United States Army general and noted equestrian (1875–1967)
Bruce Cooper Clarke
United States Army general (1901–1988)
Charles A. Willoughby
US Army Intelligence Officer (1892–1972)
Brehon B. Somervell
United States Army general