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Orlando Ward (* 4. November 1891 in Macon, Missouri; † 4. Februar 1972 in Denver, Colorado) war ein Generalmajor der United States Army, der unter anderem im Zweiten Weltkrieg eingesetzt war. Orlando Ward war der Sohn von Ethelbert Ward (1861–1938) und dessen Frau Ada Smith (1861–1927). Nach seiner Schulzeit absolvierte er die ...
Major General Orlando Ward (November 4, 1891 – February 4, 1972) was a career United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. During the latter, as a major general, he commanded the 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch and during the first few months of the Tunisian campaign , before being ...
Orlando Ward (* 4. November 1891 in Macon, Missouri; † 4. Februar 1972 in Denver, Colorado) war ein Generalmajor der United States Army, der unter anderem im Zweiten Weltkrieg eingesetzt war. Orlando Ward. Orlando Ward war der Sohn von Ethelbert Ward (1861–1938) und dessen Frau Ada Smith (1861–1927). Nach seiner Schulzeit absolvierte er ...
20. Mai 2016 · Orlando Ward near his home in Corona, Calif. He is the great-great-great-grandson of Bill and Mary Ann Hill, who ended up in Maringouin after the slave sale, and the nephew of Charles Hill.
Major General Orlando Ward was in action during only a few months of the European War, but he saw its beginning and its end. Arriving in North Africa in November 1942, with die 1st Armored Division, he was wounded in Tunisia the following April, and returned to the United States.
“This was my spot,” says Orlando Ward, indicating a blackened section of sidewalk on St. Julian Street. “I didn’t even have the ambition to build an entire dwelling,” he adds. “I just laid the cardboard on the sidewalk and slept on top of it.” Skid Row knew Ward, ’82, as a cocaine addict. What it did not know was that in 1978 ...
Orlando Ward was a U.S. Army Major General who commanded the 1st Armored Division in World War II. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism and leadership in Tunisia in 1943.
