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Matthew B. Ridgway, auch Matthew Bunker Ridgway, war ein General der US Army während des Zweiten Weltkrieges und des Koreakrieges.
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955).
Matthew Bunker Ridgway (born March 3, 1895, Fort Monroe [Hampton], Virginia, U.S.—died July 26, 1993, Fox Chapel, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. Army officer who planned and executed the first major airborne assault in U.S. military history with the attack on Sicily in July 1943.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Matthew B. Ridgway, whose name the center bears, is best remembered for salvaging the United Nation's effort during the Korean War. His military career began in 1917, when the Army commissioned him as a Second Lieutenant immediately after he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
3. Okt. 2019 · Matthew Ridgway (March 3, 1895–July 26, 1993) was a US Army commander who led the United Nations troops in Korea in 1951. He later served as Chief of Staff of the US Army, where he advised against American intervention in Vietnam. Ridgway retired in 1955 and was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan.
MacArthur had the answer: Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. A battle-hardened paratrooper, he commanded the elite 82nd Airborne on D-day and ended the war with three stars. At that moment he was serving on the army staff in Washington.
As Chief of Staff, Ridgway dealt with postwar demobilization, the training of the South Korean army, strengthening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and crises in Formosa and Indochina. Ridgway retired from active service in 1955. He died on 26 July 1993, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
