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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).
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.
Oct 3, 2019 · Korean War: General Matthew Ridgway. Matthew Ridgway (March 3, 1895–July 26, 1993) was a US Army commander who led the United Nations troops in Korea in 1951. He later served as Chief of Staff of the US Army, where he advised against American intervention in Vietnam.
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway had an unenviable task when he took over as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) from General Eisenhower. It was never going to be easy to fill the boots of the universally admired “saviour of Europe,” even for “the man who saved Korea.”
Jul 21, 2017 · Matthew B. Ridgway, who brought a beaten Eighth Army back from disaster in 1951, was a thinking—and fighting—man's soldier.
Mar 4, 2013 · One little-known incident during World War II defined Major General Matthew B. Ridgway as a commander of unrivaled courage when he laid his career on the line at a critical moment.
Ridgway led the Eighth Army in Korea from 1950 to 1951; when President Truman relieved General MacArthur of command in Korea, Ridgway became the Supreme Allied Commander in the Far East. He was promoted to full general in 1951.
