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929:Regular Army
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892:20 June 1901
889:Regular Army
848:13 June 1899
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764:1 July 1880
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731:None in 1875
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66:(1930-11-09)
2308:1930 deaths
2303:1853 births
1859:Wotherspoon
1468:, pp.
1046:President's
1018:1 May 1920
994:20 May 1918
826:9 June 1898
684:Mexican War
495:in 1919. –
485:Henry White
347:Puerto Rico
345:, and then
243:World War I
197:World War I
2262:Categories
2232:McConville
2034:McConville
2009:Schoomaker
1909:Eisenhower
1710:Washington
1646:1917–1918
1520:1571970886
1440:2011-03-25
1403:2023-12-10
1341:Davis 1998
1328:References
1189:(Belgium)
870:7 May 1901
867:Volunteers
822:Volunteers
582:Later life
559:Versailles
527:position.
253:Early life
95:Allegiance
47:1853-12-31
2212:Chiarelli
2112:B. Palmer
2082:Lemnitzer
2077:W. Palmer
1959:B. Palmer
1934:Lemnitzer
1894:MacArthur
1889:Summerall
1795:Schofield
1770:McClellan
1745:Wilkinson
1730:St. Clair
1595:309145538
1556:865332376
1266:(Panama)
1236:(Poland)
1173:(France)
1048:request.
705:Component
658:USS
650:USS
224:(brother)
213:Relations
118:1875–1920
2222:Campbell
2192:Shinseki
2182:Griffith
2162:Sullivan
2157:RisCassi
2152:A. Brown
2092:Eddleman
2004:Shinseki
1994:Sullivan
1904:Marshall
1879:Pershing
1864:H. Scott
1790:Sheridan
1765:W. Scott
1755:J. Brown
1750:Dearborn
1740:Hamilton
1583:Archived
1529:40298151
1311:See also
1251:(Italy)
1221:(Japan)
1205:(Italy)
699:Insignia
626:Eleanora
539:George V
534:British
426:Mindanao
291:Eleanora
219:(father)
171:Mindanao
143:Commands
103:Service/
87:Virginia
2177:Tilelli
2147:Thurman
2142:Wickham
2132:Kroesen
2097:Hamlett
2062:Haislip
2057:Collins
2024:Odierno
2019:Dempsey
1984:Wickham
1949:Johnson
1944:Wheeler
1924:Ridgway
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1914:Bradley
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1785:Sherman
1775:Halleck
1720:Doughty
1566:(1934)
1470:401–403
1030:General
945:General
777:Captain
397:in the
241:during
138:0-12990
127:General
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1999:Reimer
1974:Rogers
1969:Weyand
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1939:Decker
1929:Taylor
1760:Macomb
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998:brevet
644:Legacy
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285:, and
203:Awards
105:branch
78:Buried
2227:Allyn
2202:Casey
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2072:Bolte
2014:Casey
1989:Vuono
1979:Meyer
1899:Craig
1884:Hines
1874:March
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1844:Bates
1834:Young
1800:Miles
1780:Grant
1735:Wayne
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885:Major
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717:Cadet
708:Date
422:Luzon
389:1910s
337:, in
166:Luzon
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2172:Peay
2117:Haig
2067:Hull
1854:Wood
1849:Bell
1715:Knox
1591:OCLC
1552:OCLC
1542:ISBN
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1515:ISBN
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713:None
702:Rank
656:and
536:King
123:Rank
61:Died
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