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Sep 14, 1987 · J. Lawton Collins, the second youngest of 11 children, was born May 1, 1896, the son of an Irish native who joined the Union Army in the Civil War at the age of 16.
CMH Pub 90-5 Allied Participation in Vietnam by Lieutenant General Stanley Robert Larsen and Brigadier General James Lawton Collins, Jr. "An account of allied assistance to the Republic of Vietnam and of efforts to enlist that assistance." I.
On 17 May 1983, student and faculty seminars were held with General J. Lawton Collins at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC), Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. For the students and faculty of CGSC, this visit presented a unique opportunity to discuss issues with a wartime corps commander. General Omar Bradley once termed Collins the ablest of all American corps commanders during World War II ...
Jun 30, 2017 · United States Army General. The father of astronaut Michael Collins, he served as aide-de-camp to General John J. Pershing during the Philippine Insurrection, the Mexican Punititve Expedition and in France during World War I. During World War II he commanded the Puerto Rican Division and the 5th Service Command. He...
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Brigadier General James Lawton Collins, Jr., presently the Chief of Military History, US Army, has the wealth of experience required to tell the story of allied participation in the Vietnam War.
May 5, 2002 · United States Army General. His career spanned forty-two years, 1940 to 1982, and he was a veteran of World War Two, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. On June 6, 1944, D-Day, he led an artillery unit ashore Utah Beach. A gifted linguist, he taught French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Russian at the US Ary's...
