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Matthew B. Ridgway 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. By 1930, Ridgway had become an advisor to the Governor General of the Philippines, and within a few years, he rose to the rank of Assistant Chief of Staff of the 4th Army.
3. März 2020 · Happy birthday to General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, born on March 3, 1895 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. The son of an Army colonel and a 1917 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Ridgway went on to distinguish himself as one of the greatest soldiers in American history. During the Second World War, he planned and executed the Army’s first major airborne assault during the ...
Matthew B. Ridgway. Matthew Bunker Ridgway was born in Fort Monroe, Virginia, on March 3, 1895. He was the son of Colonel Thomas Ridgway, an artillery officer. Ridgway began his higher education by applying to West Point Military Academy. He was rejected on his first attempt due to a lack of mathematical knowledge, but was accepted on his ...
26. Juli 1993 · In 1986, Gen. Ridgway was one of seven people to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Gen. Ridgway is survived by his third wife, Mary. Two earlier marriages ended in divorce. He had two daughters by his first marriage, Constance and Shirley. A son from the third marriage, Matthew B. Ridgway Jr., was killed in a train accident in 1971.
Matthew Bunker Ridgway ( Fort Monroe, 3 de marzo de 1895- Fox Chapel, 26 de julio de 1993) fue un general del Ejército de los Estados Unidos. Ejerció varios mandos y fue más famoso por resucitar el esfuerzo de guerra de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) durante la guerra de Corea. Varios historiadores han acreditado a Ridgway por cambiar el curso de ...
27. Juli 1993 · Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, who became Army Chief of Staff after leading American forces in Normandy and United Nations troops in Korea, died yesterday at his home in Fox Chapel, Pa., a suburb of ...
Matthew B. Ridgway Biographie. Matthew Bunker Ridgway est né à Fort Monroe en Virginie le 3 mars 1895. Son père, diplômé de l’académie militaire de West Point et colonel dans l’artillerie, lui fait découvrir l’armée et toute la famille déménage régulièrement au gré de ses mutations.
