biography
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Truscott, Lucien King, Jr
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| male
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| lived:
| (1895–1965)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Chatfield, Texas, USA. He taught at schools for several years before receiving a commission in 1917, and rose through the ranks to command US assault forces in the invasion of S France (Aug 1944). He led the Fifth Army from December 1944 until the end of the war. |
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