Matthew Ridgway

March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993

U.S. Army general; commanded the Eighth Army and then the United Nations Command in Korea

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Offices held

Military service

• United States Army General

Affiliations

Education

• United States Army War College
• United States Military Academy
• United States Army Command and General Staff College

Timeline

1896

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1910

1917

1924

1931

1938

1945

1952

1959

1966

1973

1980

1987

 

Matthew Ridgway

 

World War I

 

World War II

 

Allied invasion of Sicily

 

Battle of Cherbourg

 

Operation Overlord

 

American airborne landings in Normandy

 

Battle of the Bulge

 

Operation Varsity

 

Korean War

 

First and second battles of Wonju

 

Third Battle of Seoul

 

Battle of Kapyong

 

Battle of the Imjin River

 

Chinese spring offensive

 

First Battle of Maryang-san

 

Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO

 

Chief of Staff of the Army - United States