biography
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| lived:
| (1857–1935)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. A tailor's son, he saw service on the W frontier, and in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine insurrection. Recognized for his intelligent professionalism, he served as president of the Army's War College (1912–17). In World War 1, he led a division and a corps in France through several major actions, then commanded the US First Army in the Meuse-Argonne offensive (autumn 1918), in which Allied forces pierced the Hindenburg Line. He commanded the Army of Occupation in Germany (1918–19) and retired in 1921. |
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