.jpeg "James M. Gavin"){kind=small}
Omar Bradley
Search results
James Maurice Gavin (March 22, 1907 – February 23, 1990), sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II.
James Maurice Gavin (born March 22, 1907, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 23, 1990, Baltimore, Md.) was a U.S. Army commander known as “the jumping general” because he parachuted with combat troops during World War II.
Jun 2, 2011 · He emerged from a childhood of hardship and abuse to become one of the war’s most decorated and highly respected heroes. A pioneer of airborne warfare, Gavin made so many parachute jumps, some of them experimental, that he earned the nickname “Jumpin’ Jim.”.
Sep 20, 2015 · In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Army Lieutenant General James M. Gavin was instrumental in transforming the 82nd Division from a World War I relic into the famed airborne assault unit that helped liberate Europe.
James Gavin began his wartime service as the commander of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment during the Sicily operation, before assuming command of the entire 82nd Airborne Division for the remainder of the war. He was the first out the door on four combat jumps, earning two Distinguished Service Crosses, two Silver Stars and the Purple ...
Feb 25, 1990 · Lieut. Gen. James M. Gavin, a World War II commander who went on to become a top Army administrator, a diplomat and a leading management consultant, died of complications from Parkinson's disease...
General Gavin is the author of Airborne Warfare (1947), a recap of the development and future of aircraft delivered forces; On to Berlin (1976), an account of his experiences commanding the 82nd Airborne Division; and Crisis Now (1968), a proposal for the United States to exit the Vietnam War.
The future General James M. Gavin of the celebrated 82nd Airborne Division was a thirty-six-year-old colonel in July of 1943, facing his first combat assignment. The target was Sicily, and he was to lead a regiment of the 82nd in the first large-scale, organized invasion of Europe by airborne troops.
Aug 7, 2014 · Maj. Gen. James Gavin negotiates a well-trodden path in Belgium during the beginning phases of the Battle of the Bulge. The 82nd rested and refitted, and then went back into action in April 1945. It crossed the River Elbe, and on May 2, Gavin received the surrender of the German 21st Army Group.
After several attempts to force a passage over the causeway or outflank the defenses had failed, Brig. Gen. James Gavin, the Assistant Division Commander of the 82nd Airborne, began committing troops elsewhere and accompanied one force to take the bridge at Chef-du-Pont.
