Lunsford E. Oliver
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Major General Lunsford Errett Oliver was a senior United States Army officer, who commanded the 5th Armored Division during World War II.
Lunsford E. Oliver
Alexander Patch
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General Alexander McCarrell Patch was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both world wars, rising to rank of general. During World War II, he commanded U.S. Army and Marine Corps forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific, and the Seventh Army on the Western Front in Europe.
Alexander "Sandy" Patch, pictured here as a lieutenant general, in August 1945
Senior officers aboard USS Catoctin (AGC-5), operation flagship, en route to the invasion area on August 14, 1944. Left to right: Brigadier General Gordon P. Saville, Air Commander; Lieutenant General Alexander Patch, Army Commander; Vice Admiral Kent Hewitt, Naval Commander; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Rear Admiral André Lemonnier, Chief of Staff of the French Navy.
Three lieutenant generals in October 1944: Lucian Truscott, Alexander Patch, and Jacob L. Devers
Lieutenant Generals Jacob L. Devers and Alexander Patch at Lunéville, France, January 1945