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Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur UN commander who conceived the Inchon landing and overruled the unanimous opposition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Military command · United States state institutions 1880–1964
Edward Mallory Almond Edward Mallory Almond A U.S. general whose offensive command was bound to racial prejudice Military command · United States state institutions 1892–1979
Oliver P. Smith Oliver Prince Smith A Marine commander whose caution helped save a surrounded division Military command · United States state institutions 1893–1977
William K. Harrison Jr. William K. Harrison Jr. The US Army lieutenant general who signed the Korean Armistice as UNC delegate after 158 truce meetings Military command · United States state institutions 1895–1987
Lucius D. Clay Lucius D. Clay The US military governor who answered the blockade of West Berlin with a 324-day airlift Military command · United States state institutions 1897–1978
Maxwell Davenport Taylor Maxwell Taylor A military strategist of the nuclear age Military command · United States state institutions 1901–1987
William H. Tunner William H. Tunner Architect of large-scale airlift operations Military command · United States state institutions 1906–1983
Curtis E. LeMay Curtis LeMay The Air Force general who firebombed Japan and urged nuclear war on his adversaries Military command · United States state institutions 1906–1990
William Westmoreland William Westmoreland US Army general who commanded American forces in South Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and pursued a strategy of attrition measured by body count Military command · United States state institutions 1914–2005
Gail Halvorsen Gail Halvorsen An airman whose small act of kindness became an international symbol Military command · United States state institutions 1920–2022
Richard Heyser Richard Heyser The U-2 pilot whose six-minute, 928-photo run over Cuba on 14 October 1962 revealed Soviet missiles and ignited the Cuban Missile Crisis Military command · United States state institutions 1927–2008