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Ernest J. Dawley
Major General Ernest Joseph "Mike" Dawley (17 February 1886 – 10 December 1973) was a senior officer of the United States Army, best known during World War II for commanding the VI Corps during Operation Avalanche, the Allied landings at Salerno, Italy, in 1943. After the landings, he was relieved of his command by Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, commander of the Fifth Army, and returned to the United States. Early life and military career Dawley was born on 17 February 1886 in Antigo, Wisconsin. After graduation from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, he entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, in 1906, at the age of 20. He graduated four years later on 15 June 1910 and was also commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Field Artillery Branch of the United States Army. Among his fellow graduates were Jack Heard, Emil F. Reinhardt, John Millikin, James Muir, Oscar Griswold, David McCoach Jr. and Lewis Burton, all of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigo, Wisconsin
Antigo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,100 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactured products consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products. History The name Antigo is derived from the Ojibwe language, Ojibwe phrase "''niibin-inaandagoog-ziibiing''", meaning "summer balsam firs by the river", which was recorded by early settlers as "''nequi-antigo-sebi''". An alternate etymology, ''nibii-aamijiwan-ziibiing'', seems to be derived from ''mookijiwan-ziibiwishenh'', "spring little-river", which became the name of the river which runs through modern Antigo, Spring Brook. This alternate etymology lives on in the name of Northeast Illinois Council#Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation, Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation near Pearson, Wisconsin, Pearson. The region that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark W
Mark may refer to: In the Bible * Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark * Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels Currencies * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1928 * Finnish markka (), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Polish mark (), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Griswold
Lieutenant General Oscar Woolverton Griswold (22 October 1886 – 28 September 1959) was a United States Army officer who served in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his command of the XIV Corps in the South Pacific Area and South West Pacific Area during World War II. Early life Oscar Woolverton Griswold was born on 22 October 1886 in Ruby Valley, Nevada, son of William Griswold, a prominent Elko County rancher. Raised in Arthur, Nevada, he attended the University of Nevada, Reno from 1905 to 1906, when he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York. On graduation with the West Point Class of 1910, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry. Military career Griswold's early company grade assignments included three years service in China from 1914 to 1917. During World War I, he served as a major and lieutenant colonel in the 84th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), from 1918 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Muir (United States Army Officer)
James Muir (11 November 1891 – 10 April 1960) was a Scottish-Canadian banker who was president of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) from 1949 to 1960. Biography Raised in a working-class household in Scotland, Muir left school in July 1907 at the age of 15 to work for the Commercial Bank of Scotland. In 1911, he met a Canadian who introduced him to the Royal Bank of Canada. In January 1912, he emigrated to Canada to work for the bank. While first working on the prairies, he eventually was assigned to Montreal. In 1919, Muir married Phyllis Marguerite Brayley. In 1949, he replaced Sydney Dobson as president. During his time as RBC's president, the bank grew significantly, in part due to his close relationships with elite politicians, bankers, and corporate attorneys including Quebec's premier Maurice Duplessis, Canadian prime minister Louis St. Laurent, Canadian cabinet minister C. D. Howe, bankers such as Graham Towers, and corporate attorneys like Lazarus Phillips. On 10 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millikin
Major General John Millikin (January 7, 1888 – November 6, 1970) was a senior United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. During the latter, Millikin commanded III Corps in General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. Early life and military career John Millikin was born January 7, 1888, in Danville, Indiana, the son of Horace F. Millikin, a barber, and Ida Millikin. Millikin entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, in 1906, graduating in June 1910 as a second lieutenant into the Cavalry Branch of the United States Army. He graduated 38th in a class of 82 alongside men such as Ernest J. Dawley, Lewis Burton, Oscar Griswold, Ira T. Wyche, Emil F. Reinhardt, Oscar Solbert, Durward S. Wilson, David McCracken Jr., Jack Heard, James Muir and numerous others who, like Millikin, would be general officers. His first assignment was with the 5th Cavalry Regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Emil may refer to: Literature *''Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982–1999) *''Emil i Lönneberga'', a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren People *Emil (given name), including a list of people with the given name ''Emil'' or ''Emile'' *Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer Other *Emil (river), in China and Kazakhstan *Emil (tank), a Swedish tank developed in the 1950s *Sturer Emil, a German tank destroyer See also * * Emile (other) *Aemilius (other) *Emilio (other) *Emílio (other) *Emilios (other) Emilios, or Aimilios, (Greek: Αιμίλιος) is a variant of the given names Emil (other), Emil, Emilio (other), Emilio and Emílio (other), Emílio, and may refer to: *Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor *Aimilios Papathanas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Heard
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963–2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore * Jack (hero), an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character Animals and plants Fish * Carangidae generally, including: ** Almaco jack ** Amberjack ** Bar jack ** Black jack (fish) ** Crevalle jack **Gian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer (armed Forces)
An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an Military, armed force or Uniformed services, uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent contextual qualification, the term typically refers only to a force's ''commissioned officers'', the more senior members who derive their authority from a Commission (document), commission from the head of state. Numbers The proportion of officers varies greatly. Commissioned officers typically make up between an eighth and a fifth of modern armed forces personnel. In 2013, officers were the senior 17% of the British armed forces, and the senior 13.7% of the French armed forces. In 2012, officers made up about 18% of the German armed forces, and about 17.2% of the United States armed forces. Historically armed forces have generally had much lower proportions of officers. During the First World War, fewer than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Point, New York
West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States. Located on the Hudson River in New York (state), New York, General George Washington stationed his headquarters in West Point in the summer and fall of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War, and later called it "the most important Post in America" in 1781 following the war's end. West Point also was the site of General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt at treason during the Revolutionary War. West Point was first occupied by the United States Armed Forces in January 1778 by Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons. Since, West Point has been occupied by the United States Army. It comprises land and water including the campus of the United States Military Academy, which is commonly referred to as "West Point". West Point is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Highlands, New York, Highlands in Orange County, New York, Orange County, located on the western bank of the Hudson Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy (USMA), commonly known as West Point, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York that educates cadets for service as Officer_(armed_forces)#United_States, commissioned officers in the United States Army. The academy was founded in 1802, and it is the oldest of the five United States service academies, American service academies. The Army has occupied the site since establishing a fort there in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River north of New York City. West Point's academic program grants the Bachelor of Science degree with a curriculum that grades cadets' performance upon a broad academic program, military leadership performance, and mandatory participation in competitive athletics. Candidates for admission must apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a member of United States Congress, Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon () is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,863 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is surrounded by the Ripon (town), Wisconsin, Town of Ripon. Ripon is home to the Little White Schoolhouse, the commonly recognized birthplace of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. History Founding Ripon was founded in 1849 by David P. Mapes, a former New York steamboat captain. Within two years the city had absorbed the nearby commune of Ceresco, Wisconsin, Ceresco, established in 1844 by the Wisconsin Phalanx, a group of settlers inspired by the communitarianism, communitarian socialist philosophy of Charles Fourier. Mapes was a founder of Ripon College (Wisconsin), Ripon College, originally incorporated as Brockway College in 1851. The city was named for the England, English cathedral city of Ripon, North Yorkshire, by John S. Horner, one of the community's original settlers, because that was where his immig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
