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3 unusual facts about Orlando Ward


Ernest N. Harmon

He later accepted command of the 1st Armored Division after the relief of General Orlando Ward.

Fredendall was barely on speaking terms with his 1st Armored Division commander, Orlando Ward, who had repeatedly complained to his superiors of the dangers of separating his division into weaker combat commands for use in various sectors of the front.

Orlando Ward

At the Second Battle of the Marne, under conditions that rendered other officers in charge useless, he took charge of the 2d Battalion of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment and kept the battalion effective until the tide of Germans was turned back.



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