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Gen. James M. Gavin

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U.S. Army officer James M. Gavin rose to lieutenant general in 1955 and became a military tactician and strategist of airborne operations and limited wars. In World War II he served as a paratrooper, regimental commander, and division commander with the 82nd Airborne Division, and took part in the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, Normandy, and Holland.
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