Lyman L. Lemnitzer (1899 - 1988)
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He was a United States Army General, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969. He graduated from West Point in 1920 and was assigned, at his request, to the Coast Artillery unit.
In his career, Lemnitzer served in World War II and the Korean War. He was one of the senior officers sent to negotiate the Italian Fascist surrender during the secret Operation Sunrise and the German surrender in 1945. In addition, at the age of 51, Lemnitzer was placed in command of the 11th Airborne Division.
His service spanned from 1920 through 1969, and his awards included three Army Distinguished Service Medals, one Navy Distinguished Service Medal, one Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, one Silver Star, one British Order of the British Empire, one French Legion of Merit (officer), and one German Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold
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Secretary Gates with General Nathan F. Twining (left), outgoing JCS Chairman, and General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, incoming Chairman.
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Ceremony marking the activation of the first operational Nike-Hercules unit on the east coast at W-25 on Sept. 4, 1958. The firing unit is Battery B-1st Missile Battalion-562d Artillery. Army Vice Chief of Staff Lyman L. Lemnitzer delivers remarks at podium blazoned with ARADCOM insignia.
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Major-General Arsa Jovanović, Major-General Fitzroy MacLean, Field Marshal Harold Alexander & Major-General Lyman Lemnitzer in Belgrade, February 1945.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
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