Allied Commander Lyman Lemnitzer Hand Signed TLS Dated 1963 JG Autographs COA

  
"Supreme Allied Commander" Lyman Lemnitzer Hand Signed TLS Dated 1963. This item is certified authentic by. And comes with their Letter of Authenticity.

(August 29, 1899 - November 12, 1988) was a. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lemnitzer was born on August 29, 1899 in.

And graduated from Honesdale High School in 1917. At West Point, from which he graduated in 1920 with a commission as a second lieutenant in the.

United States Army Coast Artillery Corps. In 1921, and then served at. In Rhode Island and in the Philippines. He was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930.

Lemnitzer served again in the Philippines from 1934 to 1935, and graduated from the. United States Army Command and General Staff College. He was an instructor at the Coast Artillery School, and graduated from the.

United States Army War College. At the start of World War II Lemnitzer served with the 70th Coast Artillery Regiment and then the 38th Coast Artillery Brigade. In May 1941, Lemnitzer, then a colonel, was assigned to the War Plans Division of the Army staff, and then to the staff of the Army Ground Forces. In June 1942 and commanded the 34th Coast Artillery Brigade. He was subsequently assigned to General.

S staff, where he helped plan the invasions of. Lemnitzer was one of the senior officers sent to negotiate the.

And the German surrender in 1945. Following the end of World War II, Lemnitzer was assigned to the Strategic Survey Committee of the. And was later named Deputy Commandant of the. In 1950, at the age of 51, Lemnitzer took. Training and was placed in command of the.

In November 1951 and was promoted to.