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    General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe...
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    was replaced by Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway, whom MacArthur had selected in case of such an eventuality. Ridgway noted that MacArthur's "prestige...
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    and his replacement by General Matthew B. Ridgway. Consequently, on 14 April 1951, General James Van Fleet replaced Ridgway as commander of the US Eighth...
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    lieutenant in the Infantry Branch. He graduated alongside young men such as Matthew Ridgway, J. Lawton Collins, (both of whom later became U.S. Army Chief of Staff)...
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    acting commander of the Hawaiian Department. Ridgway was the father of General Matthew Ridgway. Thomas Ridgway was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 18...
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  • Livzey Ridgway (1859–1947), American scientific illustrator Keith Ridgway (born 1965), Irish author Linda Ridgway (born 1947), American artist Matthew Ridgway...
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    S. Truman; MacArthur was succeeded as supreme commander by General Matthew Ridgway in 1951. Unlike in the occupations of Germany and Austria, the Soviet...
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    without seeing service during World War I—succeeding his former mentor, Matthew B. Ridgway. During his tenure, Taylor attempted to guide the service into the...
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    battle and the wider Second Phase Offensive. With Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway assuming the command of the Eighth Army on 26 December, the PVA and...
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  • United States Army, after only Douglas MacArthur, and succeeded General Matthew Ridgway as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR) serving from...
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