Kenyon A. Joyce was a

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in the

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. He commanded the 1st Cavalry Division and later

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. Joyce was a prominent cavalry officer in the early outset of the war and was a mentor to a young

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. He later appointed Dwight Eisenhower as a chief of staff and is considered to have played a strong role in his development. He had initially sought to promote Eisenhower to command of a division, but Army Chief of Staff

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favored him for staff postings. Joyce reached retirement age from the U.S. Army in 1943, at which point Eisenhower, by then a prominent officer in the European Theater, appointed him to the Allied Control Council for Italy. Joyce died in January 1960, and a funeral service was held at

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