General J. Lawton Collins

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_J._Lawton_Collins

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Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Army_Distinguished_Service_Medal gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Cross gptkb:French_Legion_of_Honour gptkb:Legion_of_Merit gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun gptkb:Purple_Heart gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkbp:birthDate	1896-05-01
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:25th_Infantry_Division gptkb:First_United_States_Army gptkb:VII_Corps
gptkbp:deathDate	1987-09-12
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Joseph_Lawton_Collins
gptkbp:graduationYear	1917
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General J. Lawton Collins
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank	gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Lightning_Joe
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge D-Day operations postwar Army reorganization
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkbp:postRetirementRole	President of the American Red Cross U.S. Representative to NATO
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Omar_Bradley
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sibling	gptkb:General_James_Lawton_Collins
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Gladys_Easterbrook
gptkbp:successor	Matthew Ridgway
gptkbp:termEnd	1953
gptkbp:termStart	1949
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5