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Lucian Truscott.
U.S. Army general in WWII, commander of 5th and 3rd Army (1895-1965)
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About Lucian Truscott
General Lucian King Truscott Jr. was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer, who saw distinguished active service during World War II. Between 1943–1945, he successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, Fifteenth Army and Fifth Army, serving mainly in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) during his wartime service. He and Alexander Patch were the only U.S. Army officers to command a division, a corps, and a field army in combat during the war.
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- United States
- Born
- January 9, 1895
- Died
- November 12, 1965, September 12, 1965