Charles W. Ryder
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Major General Charles Wolcott Ryder CB was a senior United States Army officer who served with distinction in both World War I and World War II.
Charles W. Ryder
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, commanding the U.S. Fifth Army, and Major General Charles W. Ryder, commander of the 34th Division, passing by elements of Ryder's 34th Division.
The class the stars fell on
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"The class the stars fell on" is an expression used to describe the class of 1915 at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. In the United States Army, the insignia reserved for generals is one or more stars. Of the 164 graduates that year, 59 (36%) attained the rank of general, more than any other class in the history of the academy, hence the expression.
Members of the West Point class of 1915
The 1914 West Point baseball team. Omar Bradley is second from left. Every member of the team who remained in the army became a general.
The 1912 West Point football team. Dwight Eisenhower is third from left. Louis Merillat is eighth from the left, in the A sweater. Omar Bradley is on the far right.
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (as a general)