General Matthew Bunker Ridgway
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Matthew Bunker Ridgway was born at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on 3 March 1895. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1917 and was commissioned a second lieutenant. Promoted to first lieutenant and […]
Operation VARSITY: The Last Airborne Deployment of World War II
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By Matthew J. Seelinger In the years prior to World War II, the U.S. Army began to develop the concept of deploying troops from the air. Starting with the formation […]