US Army General. A highly decorated combat veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, he rose in rank to become the Commanding General of Allied Land Forces, South East Europe. Born in Pima, Arizona he grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Nevada at Reno, Nevada for two years before receiving an appointment to the US Military Academy at West Point, New York and graduated with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant of Infantry in June 1939 and assigned to the 38th Infantry at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. After the US entered World War II in December 1941, he was sent to the European Theater of Operations and commanded its 1st battalion during the invasion of Normandy, France in June 1944 and saw combat action in Northern France and into Germany, winning two Silver Stars. In August 1945, following Germany's surrender, he returned to the US and became a staff operations officer with the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Walters, Texas and Fort Lewis, Washington. In August 1946 he attended the US Army Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Texas followed by an assignment to Headquarter US Army in Washington DC in the Plans and Operations Division. In February 1949 he attended the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia and returned to Headquarter US Army as a Staff Operations Officer. In 1951, after the outbreak of the Korean War, he was sent to Korea, first as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations with the US Army's 10th Corps and then as Commanding Officer of the 38th Infantry, and saw combat action at Heartbreak Ridge, the "Punchbowl," and the Mun Dung-Ni Valley. For his valor, he was awarded three Silver Stars and became the Senior Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General James Van Fleet, 8th US Army. In 1955 he attended the National War College at Fort McNair, Washington DC followed by a tour at Headquarters US Army as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1960 and assigned to Germany as Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 24th Infantry Division, later serving as Chief of Staff of the 5th US Army Corps and Commanding General of the 3rd Infantry Division (the latter coming with a promotion to the rank of major general). In 1965 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and commanded the 7th US Army Corps at Kelly Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1968 he was assigned to Southeast Asia as Commanding General of US Army Vietnam. In 1970 he returned to the US and assigned to Fort Monroe, Virginia as the Deputy Commander of US Continental Army Command. In April 1971 he was promoted to the rank of general and became the Commanding General of Allied Land Forces, South East Europe at Naples, Italy and he retired in that position in August 1973 with 34 years of continuous military service. Among his military and foreign decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Silver Star (with four oak leaf clusters), The Legion of Merit (with one oak leaf cluster), the Bronze Star (with two oak leaf clusters and combat "V" device), the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Purple heart, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Defense Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with five campaign stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (with one service star), the Korean Service Medal (with three campaign stars), the Vietnam Service Medal (with three campaign stars), the French Croix de guerre (with palm), the Korean Order of Military Merit (Ulchi), the Korean Order of Military Merit (Chung Mu), the Korean Order of Service Merit (1st class), the Luxembourg Cross of War, the National Order of Vietnam (knight), the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross (with palm), the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, the United Nations Service Medal (Korea), and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. He died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 76.