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
Sereno E. Brett
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Sereno Elmer Brett was a highly decorated brigadier general in the United States Army who fought in both World War I and World War II and played a key, if little recognized today, role in the developm
Lunsford E. Oliver
…December 6, 1942. Oliver returned to the United States and was appointed commander of the 5th Armored Division, where he succeeded Brigadier General Sereno E. Brett at Camp Cooke in early 1943. Oliver led the division throughout the remainder of the war, including training in the Mojave Desert near Needles, California…
Brett in uniform, c. 1918
Eisenhower (far right) with three friends (William Stuhler, Major Brett, and Paul V. Robinson) in 1919, four years after graduating from West Point