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Lyman Lemnitzer
Portrait as Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 1967
Born
(1899-08-29)August 29, 1899 Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
November 12, 1988(1988-11-12) (aged 89) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Buried
Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1918–1969
Rank
General
Commands held
Supreme Allied Commander Europe Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chief of Staff of the Army Eighth Army 7th Infantry Division 11th Airborne Division 34th Coast Artillery Brigade
Battles/wars
World War II
North African campaign
Italian campaign
Operation Husky
Occupation of Japan
Korean War
Vietnam War
Awards
Army Distinguished Service Medal (4) Navy Distinguished Service Medal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Legion of Merit (2)
Other work
Rockefeller Commission
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army general who served as the fourth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1963 to 1969. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lemnitzer was responsible for drafting Operation Northwoods, a proposed plan to create support for military action against Cuba, by orchestrating false flag terrorism acts in the United States.
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army general who served as the fourth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
plan was drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed by Chairman LymanLemnitzer and sent to the Secretary of Defense. Although part of the US government's...
LymanLemnitzer to succeed Twining as chairman. In October 1962, when President Kennedy appointed Army general Maxwell Taylor as General Lemnitzer's successor...
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Structure, agreements were reached between the SACEUR at the time, General LymanLemnitzer, and the French Chief of Staff, General Charles Ailleret (fr:Charles...
November 1, 1962 and as SACEUR until December 31, 1962 when General LymanLemnitzer replaced him. Norstad initially encouraged France to develop its own...
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of the recipients was future Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff LymanLemnitzer. Soon after, regulations for the award of the Legion of Merit were...
Gibraltar while Connors flew Clark's chief of staff, Brigadier General LymanLemnitzer. A few weeks later Tibbets flew the Supreme Allied Commander, Lieutenant...
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awards) Julien J. LeBourgeois (2 awards) Lewis G. Lee John A. Lejeune LymanLemnitzer Samuel J. Locklear (2 awards) Charles A. Lockwood (3 awards) Robert...
war. The first and most important was the Lemnitzer-Ailleret Agreements, made between General LymanLemnitzer and French CDS General Charles Ailleret in...
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(1901–1987) 1 April 1955 5 June 1955 65 days U.S. Army 6 Lemnitzer, LymanGeneral LymanLemnitzer (1899–1988) 5 June 1955 1 July 1957 2 years, 26 days U...
Ferraz 1960–1960 Rüştü Erdelhun 1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten 1961–1962 LymanLemnitzer 1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont 1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger 1964–1968 C. P...
Governor • 1950–1951 (first) Douglas MacArthur • 1955–1957 (last) LymanLemnitzer High Commissioner • 1957–1958 (first) James Edward Moore • 1968–1972...
(reassigned) 1 year, 335 days Maxwell D. Taylor 6 Lemnitzer, Lyman LouisGeneral Lyman L. Lemnitzer (1899–1988) June 1, 1957 June 30, 1959 (became CSA)...
of 1916 Geoffrey Keyes, Class of 1913 John C. H. Lee, Class of 1909 LymanLemnitzer, Class of 1920 Herbert B. Loper, Class of 1919 John P. Lucas, Class...
W. Clark (1952–53) John E. Hull (1953–55) Maxwell D. Taylor (1955) LymanLemnitzer (1955–57) Deputy governors and Commanding Generals, Ryukyu Islands...
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