Johannes Steinhoff
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Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the who
Steinhoff in 1966
Hahn (right), with his wife Charlotte and Steinhoff (centre).
Galland and Lützow, Sicily 25 June 1943
Johannes Steinhoff at NATO
Matthew Ridgway
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Matthew Bunker Ridgway was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Although he saw no combat se
Johannes Steinhoff
…the time Reagan had to spend at Kolmeshöhe Military Cemetery to only eight minutes. He was joined by Steinhoff, Kohl and 90-year-old US Army General Matthew Ridgway who had commanded the 82nd Airborne in World War II. On May 3, Ridgway had called White House Deputy Chief of Staff Mike Deaver and offered to lay the…
Ridgway in 1951
Ridgway as United States Military Academy Graduate Manager of Athletics c. 1923
Ridgway and members of his staff outside Ribera, Sicily, 25 July 1943. To Ridgway's right is his aide, Captain Don C. Faith Jr.
From left to right: Major General J. Lawton Collins, British Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and Ridgway, December 1944