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Matthew Ridgway. General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). Although he saw no combat service in World War I, he was intensively involved in World ...
World War II. Matthew Bunker Ridgway (born March 3, 1895, Fort Monroe [Hampton], Virginia, U.S.—died July 26, 1993, Fox Chapel, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. Army officer who planned and executed the first major airborne assault in U.S. military history with the attack on Sicily in July 1943. A 1917 graduate of the United States ...
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Oct 3, 2019 · Fast Facts: Matthew Ridgway. Known For: Ridgway was a U.S. military officer who commanded United Nations troops during the Korean War. Born: March 3, 1895 in Fort Monroe, Virginia. Parents: Thomas and Ruth Ridgway. Died: July 26, 1993 in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania. Education: United States Military Academy.
Feb 15, 2024 · Photo Description: General Mark W. Clark (back seat) and General Matthew B. Ridgway (front seat, foreground) are sitting in a vehicle in Korea circa 1951. Photo Credit: Courtesy of George Putnam, via Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. It's time for another Dusty Shelves entry & Andrew Forney says it's high time to pull Ridgway's "The Korean War ...
A 55-year-old West Pointer, Matthew Ridgway was a resilient, highly regarded combat leader, an instinctive leader of men who learned the craft of command at an early age. A lifelong friend, Colonel Red Reeder, met Ridgway in 1913, the summer that Matt began his plebe year at the academy. Young Red was six years his junior.
Jul 21, 2017 · The soldiers are remembering the general who rallied a beaten Eighth Army from the brink of defeat in Korea in 1951. THE SON OF A WEST POINTER who retired as a colonel of the artillery, Matthew Bunker Ridgway graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1917.
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Matthew B. Ridgway, whose name the center bears, is best remembered for salvaging the United Nation's effort during the Korean War. His military career began in 1917, when the Army commissioned him as a Second Lieutenant immediately after he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
