Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (/ˈsaɪmən ˈbɒlɪvər ˈbʌknər/ SY-mən BOL-i-vər BUK-nər; July 18, 1886 – June 18, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States...
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Simon Bolivar Buckner (/ˈsaɪmən ˈbɒlɪvər ˈbʌknər/ SY-mən BOL-i-vər BUK-nər; April 1, 1823 – January 8, 1914) was an American soldier, Confederate soldier...
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Fort Buckner units are located on Camp Foster and Kadena Air Base. Fort Buckner was named in honor of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., who...
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Tenth Army upon the combat death of its commander, Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Geiger successfully led the Tenth Army until relieved by General...
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Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823–1914), American military officer and politician Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886–1945), American military officer Bolívar Gómez...
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captain in the Regular U.S. Army Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823–1914), American soldier and politician Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886–1945), American lieutenant...
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April 1945. The Tenth Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. from its activation on 20 June 1944 until he was killed by enemy...
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States. The first commanding general of ADC was Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. The Air Force, Alaska Defense Command, was replaced by the Alaskan...
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secure until 22 June, a period of 82 days. Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. became the highest ranking U.S. military officer to be killed...
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killed by foreign action since the death of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. on June 18, 1945, in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II...
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II to the rank of general. When it took effect on 19 July 1954, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and Lesley J. McNair were posthumously promoted. One officer was...
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George S. Patton (redirect from George S. Patton, Jr.)
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean...
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Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of...
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of U.S. Forces in the European Theater, killed in an air crash Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., commander of U.S. Tenth Army, posthumously promoted to General...
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Millard Harmon (redirect from Millard Fillmore Harmon, Jr.)
carrying him disappeared in transit. Harmon, Frank Maxwell Andrews, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and Lesley J. McNair, all lieutenant generals at the time of their...
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writer and film producer Simon Bolivar Buckner, Confederate general during the American Civil War Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general during...
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name of Camp Popolopen was changed to Camp Buckner after World War II to honor General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who was killed in action during the closing...
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under its command.: 40 It was planned that Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. would report to Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner until the amphibious...
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Army to die during the war, the others being Lesley J. McNair, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. and Millard Harmon. Joint Base Andrews in Maryland (formerly...
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for his abilities, and both ensured that he replaced General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. as commander of Tenth US Army at Okinawa after the latter's death...
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Trust Co. v. York and Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona. Died: Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., 58, American lieutenant general (killed during the Battle of...
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politician Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886–1945), American lieutenant general during World War II All pages with titles containing Simón Bolívar All pages...
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action during one week on Okinawa just a day after US Army Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was killed by Japanese artillery fire. He was initially buried...
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towards Smith due to his service chauvinism. U.S. Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. was appointed to command the Okinawa invasion. When Smith retired...
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command ship Eldorado. Son of a Confederate army general, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. was one of four US lieutenant generals to die during World War...
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Nakagusuku Bay (redirect from Buckner Bay)
anchorage. U.S. Army troops referred to it as "Buckner Bay", in memory of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., commander of U.S. land forces in the campaign...
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General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., came onto the scene, and awarded PFC Hunnicutt the Silver Star and a promotion to Sergeant. Gen. Buckner would be...
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Philippines campaign. This made him along with his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five...
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his successor took office. During most of World War II, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., was the military commander of Alaska, and held much executive...
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States Merchant Navy "Pacific Wrecks - Buckner Monument devoted to U.S. Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. at Itoman on southern Okinawa". pacificwrecks...
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