Lyman Lemnitzer
| Lyman Lemnitzer | |
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General Lyman Louis Lemnitzer, United States Army
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| Birth name | Lyman Louis Lemnitzer |
| Born |
August 29, 1899 Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 1988 (aged 89) Washington D.C. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1916–1920 (USMA) 1920–1969 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands held |
Chief of Staff of the United States Army Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Supreme Allied Commander, NATO |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Korean War |
| Awards |
Army Distinguished Service Medal (4) Navy Distinguished Service Medal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star British Order of the British Empire French Legion of Honour (Grand Cross) German Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold |
| Other work | Rockefeller Commission |
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army general, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969.
Lemnitzer was born on August 29, 1899 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He was raised Lutheran, and graduated from Honesdale High School in 1917. He then entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, from which he graduated in 1920 with a commission as a second lieutenant of Coast Artillery.
He graduated from the Coast Artillery School in 1921, and then served in Rhode Island and the Philippines. He was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930.
Lemnitzer served again in the Philippines from 1934 to 1935, and graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1936.
He was an instructor at the Coast Artillery School, and graduated from the United States Army War College in 1940.
At the start of World War II he served with the 70th Coast Artillery Regiment and then the 38th Coast Artillery Brigade.
In May 1941 Lemnitzer was a colonel, and was assigned to the War Plans Division of the Army staff, and then to the staff of the Army Ground Forces.
Lemnitzer was promoted to brigadier general in June 1942 and commanded the 34th Coast Artillery Brigade.
He was subsequently assigned to General Eisenhower's staff, where he helped form the plans for the invasions of North Africa and Sicily and was promoted to major general in November 1944. Lemnitzer was one of the senior officers sent to negotiate the Italian fascist surrender during the secret Operation Sunrise and the German surrender in 1945.
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