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By birth A–Z List Cards

Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette French general who fought in the revolutions of two continents Military command · Feuillants 1757–1834
William S. Graves William Sidney Graves General who led the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia in 1918–1920 and kept it strictly neutral in the Russian Civil War Military command · United States state institutions 1865–1940
William D. Leahy William D. Leahy The five-star chief of staff who warned Roosevelt the Yalta Poland deal was 'so elastic' it could stretch from Yalta to Washington Military command · United States state institutions 1875–1959
William N. Haskell William N. Haskell An international relief commander amid famine Military command · United States state institutions 1878–1952
George C. Catlett Marshall George C. Marshall The only American to head the Army, the State Department, and the Pentagon, organizer of Allied victory and architect of the Marshall Plan Military command · United States state institutions 1880–1959
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
George S. Patton George Smith Patton Jr. An aggressive commander of mobile warfare and military deception Military command · United States state institutions 1885–1945
Chester Nimitz Chester William Nimitz The admiral who reorganized Pacific power through intelligence and mobility Military command · United States state institutions 1885–1966
Frank Jack Fletcher Frank Jack Fletcher An operational commander of the carrier age Military command · United States state institutions 1885–1973
Raymond A. Spruance Raymond Ames Spruance A cool-headed carrier commander at Midway Military command · United States state institutions 1886–1969
Alexander Vandegrift Alexander Vandegrift The general who defended Guadalcanal and the Marine Corps Military command · United States state institutions 1887–1973
John P. Lucas John Porter Lucas The cautious commander of Anzio Military command · United States state institutions 1890–1949
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower The five-star general who led D-Day and warned America against the military-industrial complex Military command · United States state institutions 1890–1969
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
Omar Nelson Bradley Omar Nelson Bradley The U.S. Army commander who led the Normandy campaign Military command · United States state institutions 1893–1981
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
Mark W. Clark Mark W. Clark An Allied commander caught between military gains and civilian cost Military command · United States state institutions 1896–1984
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