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    Walter Krueger

    American soldier and general officer

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  1. Walter Krueger (26 January 1881 – 20 August 1967) was an American soldier and general officer in the first half of the 20th century. He commanded the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. He rose from the rank of private to general in the United States Army.

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      His 1903 six-volume work Taktik (Tactics) was translated...

  2. Walter Krueger was a U.S. Army officer whose 6th Army helped free Japanese-held islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. He was regarded as one of the foremost tacticians in the U.S. armed forces.

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  3. Aug 1, 2018 · General Walter Krueger was the oldest of the fourteen men commanding U.S. field armies during World War II. He was neither colorful nor charming, but rather plodding and colorless. He probably would not have succeeded in a higher-level command.

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  4. Walter Krüger (27 February 1890 – 22 May 1945) was a German SS official during the Nazi era. In World War II, he commanded the SS Division Polizei, the SS Division Das Reich, and the VI SS Army Corps (Latvian). At the end of the war, Krüger committed suicide.

  5. LEFT: Lieutenant General Walter Krueger en route to Momote airstrip on the island of Los Negros in the Admiralties on March 18, 1944. RIGHT: Captain Walter Krueger, U.S. Army, strikes a confident pose. Krueger was born in Prussia and emigrated to the United States with his family.

  6. Walter Krueger was an American soldier and general officer in the first half of the 20th century. He commanded the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. He rose from the rank of private to general in the United States Army.

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  8. DATE OF BIRTH: January 26, 1881. PLACE OF BIRTH: Flatow, Germany. HOME OF RECORD: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. An immigrant from Prussia, Walter Krueger began his service as an Army private,...

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