born May 1, 1896, Madison Barracks, N.Y., U.S.
died April 17, 1984, Charleston, S.C.
U.S. army officer.
After graduating from West Point, he served in Europe in World War I. In 1942 he was appointed chief of staff of army ground forces. He commanded the U.S. landing at Salerno, Italy, in September 1943 and received the surrender of the government of Pietro Badoglio . He then directed the hard-fought campaign to wrest the Italian peninsula from Axis control, taking Rome in June 1944 and receiving the surrender of the last German forces in northern Italy in May 1945. In the Korean War he commanded all UN troops (195253). After his retirement he served as president of The Citadel military college (195466).