biography
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Hines, Birdie
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, popular name of John Leonard
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| lived:
| (1868–1968)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA. The son of Irish immigrants, he trained at West Point (1891) and served with distinction in the Spanish-American War. Taken by General Pershing to France (1917), he became the first American soldier since Stonewall Jackson to lead in combat successively a regiment, brigade, division, and corps. He later served a term as army chief-of-staff (1924–26). |
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