Karl Truesdell
Karl Truesdell (August 27, 1882 – July 16, 1955) was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general and was a veteran of both World War I and World War II. He was most notable for his leadership assignments as commander of the 1st Infantry Division (United States), 1st Infantry Division and VI Corps (United States), VI Corps, and commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College. A native of Moorhead, Minnesota, Truesdell was raised in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Central High School (Washington, D.C.), Central High School in 1901. He enlisted in the United States Army, and served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, Coast Artillery Corps until 1904. He attained the rank of Sergeant (United States), sergeant, and served until 1904, when he passed the examination for a commission and received appointment as a Second lieutenant (United States), second lieutenant of Infantry Branch (United States), Infantry ...
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Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead () is a city in and county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is also home to several corporations and manufacturing industries. Across the river from Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead helps form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN Metropolitan Area. The population was 44,505 according to the 2020 census. Platted in 1871, the city was named for William Galloway Moorhead, an official of the Northern Pacific Railway. History The city was platted in 1871 and named for William Galloway Moorhead, a Northern Pacific Railway official and brother-in-law of financier Jay Cooke. The former Moorhead Armory on 5th Street South was the site of the intended concert destination for musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper before their fatal plane crash a few miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa around 1.00 am Tuesday F ...
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