"Allied Commander" Lyman Lemnitzer Hand Signed TLS Dated 1959 COA for Sale

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"Allied Commander" Lyman Lemnitzer Hand Signed TLS Dated 1959 COA For Sale

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"Allied Commander" Lyman Lemnitzer Hand Signed TLS Dated 1959 COA:
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Up for sale"Allied Commander" Lyman Lemnitzer Hand Signed TLS Dated 1959.This item is certified authentic by AutographWorld and comes with their Letter of Authenticity.

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer(August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was aUnited States Armygeneral, who served asChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stafffrom 1960 to 1962. He then served asSupreme Allied Commander EuropeofNATOfrom 1963 to 1969. Lemnitzer was born on August 29, 1899 inHonesdale, Pennsylvania. He was raisedLutheran,and graduated from Honesdale High School in 1917. He then entered theUnited States Military Academyat West Point, from which he graduated in 1920 with a commission as a second lieutenant in theUnited States Army Coast Artillery Corps. Lemnitzer graduated from theCoast Artillery Schoolin 1921, and then served atFort Adamsin Rhode Island and in the Philippines. He was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930. Lemnitzer served again in the Philippines from 1934 to 1935, and graduated from theUnited States Army Command and General Staff Collegein 1936. He was an instructor at the Coast Artillery School, and graduated from theUnited States Army War Collegein 1940.At the start of World War II Lemnitzer served with the 70th Coast Artillery Regiment and then the 38th Coast Artillery Brigade. In May 1941, Lemnitzer, then a colonel, was assigned to the War Plans Division of the Army staff, and then to the staff of the Army Ground Forces. Lemnitzer was promoted tobrigadier generalin June 1942 and commanded the 34th Coast Artillery Brigade. He was subsequently assigned to GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower's staff, where he helped plan the invasions ofNorth AfricaandSicilyand was promoted tomajor generalin November 1944. Lemnitzer was one of the senior officers sent to negotiate theItalian fascistsurrender during the secretOperation Sunriseand the German surrender in 1945. Following the end of World War II, Lemnitzer was assigned to the Strategic Survey Committee of theJoint Chiefs of Staffand was later named Deputy Commandant of theNational War College. In 1950, at the age of 51, Lemnitzer tookparachutetraining and was placed in command of the11th Airborne Division. He was assigned toKoreain command of the7th Infantry Divisionin November 1951 and was promoted tolieutenant generalin August 1952.