James M. Gavin
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James Maurice Gavin, sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General of the
Official portrait, 1964
C-47 of the 303d TCS/442d TCG in invasion markings. The 442nd TCG carried the 1st Battalion 507th PIR on D-Day.
Gavin receiving the Distinguished Service Order from British Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery in Mönchengladbach on 21 March 1945
Gavin as 82nd Airborne Division commander c. February 1945
A Bridge Too Far (film)
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A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. It depicts Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II; the film'
James M. Gavin
…endorsed Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican presidential nomination. Gavin was portrayed by Robert Ryan in The Longest Day, and by Ryan O'Neal in A Bridge Too Far. Gavin served as an advisor on both films. James Gavin died on 23 February 1990, and is buried to the immediate east of the Old Chapel at the United…
Original film poster
Shooting of a scene in Deventer on 18 May 1976. German vehicles are crossing the bridge.