The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-06-12

| General Lynn . Ter
Lyman L. Lemnitzer was born
in Hornesdale, Penna.. Aug. &c
1899. He was graduated from the
u. S. Military Academy, June 2,
1920, and was commissioned a
second lieutenant of Coast Artil-
lery July 2, 1920.
He served at Fort Monroe, Va,
Fort Adams, R. l., Fort Mills, Cor
regidor, Philippine Islands, the
US Military Academy, and attend
ed the Command and General Staff
School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,
in the years prior to WV II.
In May, 1941, he was assigned
to the War Plans Division of the
War Department General Staff
and was assigned as assistant to
the operations and training officer
of GHQ USA. In March of AZ he
was transferred to Hq Army
Ground Forces as assistant chief
of staff, plans division.
On July 2, 1912, he assumed COM
mand of the 34th Antiaircraft Bril-
gade and preceded it to England on
Aug. A 1912. In September he be-
came Assistant Chief of Staff,
Allied Forces Headquarters. In
January, 1913, he was assigned as
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Fifth
Army. The next month he COM
manded the 34th Antiaircraft Bra
gade in the Tunisian Campaign,
and later was Antiaircraft Com
mander for the Seventh Army's
Scilian Campaign, leading the Gath
in the landing operations.
On July %, 1913, he was ap-
pointed commanding general of
the US Contingent, 18th Army
Group. In December, 1914, he be-
came deputy chief of staff to the
Supreme Allied Commander, Medi-
terranean. From August through
October, 1915, he served as chief
of Staff to Commanding General,
Mediterranean Theater of Opera
tions. In November, 1915, he be-
came Army member, Joint Strate-
gic Survay Committee, Joint Chefs
of Staff, Washington, sewing in
that capacity until appointed Dep
uty Commandant of the National
War College, August, 1947.
During WV II he participated
i'll several important discussions
with the Allies: October, 1912, ac-
companied General Mark Clark in
a secret submarine mission to
North Africa for discussions with
the French concerning the African
Invasion; was active in the discus
sions with Marshal Badeglio's rep
resentatives prior to the Italian
capitulations, Sept. 8, 1913; he
managed Allied discussions with
German High Command in Swift
zerland, March, 1915, which re-
suited in the the German army of
Italy's and Southern Austria's I'M
conditional surrender, May 2, 1915;
and during the summer of 1948 he
headed the US Delegation to the
Military Committee of the Five
Powers in London.
In Oct, 1949, he was assigned
to the Office of the Secretary of
Defense as Special Assistant on
Foreign Military Assistance, be-
coming the Director of the Office
/ of Military Assistance the next
month.
After completing the Basic Air
borne Course at the Infantry
School, Fort Benning, Ga, and
being rated qualified parachutist
on Deco, 1850, he assumed COM
mand of the 18th Airborne Di-
vision, Fort Campbell, KY.
He was transferred to the Far
East Command in Nov, 1851, and
the next month became commander
of tn 7th Infantry Division in
Korea.
| On Aug. 1, 1852, he bacame
Deputy Chief of Staff for plans
and Research at Army Head
Quarters, Washington.
| On March %, 1856, he was
named Commanding General of the
Army Forces in the Far East and
the Eighth Army. Three months
later he became COMMANDMENT
Chief Far East Command. and
Commander-inChief, UN Com
mand.
In April, 1857, he was named
| Vice Chief of Staff, US Army,
reporting to Washington in July.
Decorations
| He has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal; the Lee
gion of Merit with Oak Leaf Clus-
ter; European-A fric n-Middle
East Ribbon with six battle stars
| (Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia,
Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno,