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5 unusual facts about James Van Fleet


Democratic Army of Greece

At the same time, the Hellenic Army, advised by the British up to 1947 and afterwards by US military delegation led by General James Van Fleet, US Army, established the Greek government's position in the rest of the country as well as internationally.

Edmund D. Ellis

Colonel Edmund DeTreville Ellis (March 1890 - 1995) was a member of the U.S. Military Academy Class of 1915 (the class the stars fell on) which included Henry Aurand, Omar Bradley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John W. Leonard, Henry Sayler, James Van Fleet, and a number of other famous generals.

James T. Laney

He has received medals for distinguished service from the United States and Korea, the Wilbur L. Cross Medal from Yale, the Emory medal, and the General James Van Fleet award from the Korea Society.

Leland Hobbs

He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from which he graduated in June 1915, in the same class as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, James Van Fleet, Henry Aurand or Stafford LeRoy Irwin ("The class the stars fell on").

Report of Van Fleet Mission to Far East

The Report of Van Fleet Mission to the Far East is a secret report drafted by James Van Fleet, a US special mission ambassador, after a round of visits to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines, and sent to US President Dwight Eisenhower in 1954.



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