James M. Gavin

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United States Army officer human military commander paratrooper veteran of World War II

James M. Gavin was a highly regarded U.S. Army lieutenant general and paratrooper commander in World War II, known for leading the 82nd Airborne Division in major European operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
paratrooper ⓘ
veteran of World War II ⓘ
awardReceived Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Order of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
burialPlace West Point Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
causeOfDeath leukemia ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt United States Army War College ⓘ
surface form: Army War College

Command and General Staff School ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ
employer Arthur D. Little, Inc. ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
familyName Gavin ⓘ
fieldOfWork airborne warfare ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
memberOf 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 82nd Airborne Division
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant general ⓘ
nickname Jumpin' Jim ⓘ
notableFor commanding airborne troops in World War II ⓘ
leadership of the 82nd Airborne Division in Europe ⓘ
notableWork Airborne Warfare ⓘ
On to Berlin ⓘ
participatedIn Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Neptune ⓘ
Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Sicily campaign

Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Maryland ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
United States Ambassador to France ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Airborne Warfare → author → James M. Gavin ⓘ
On to Berlin → author → James M. Gavin ⓘ
Operation Market Garden → commander → James M. Gavin ⓘ
On to Berlin → featuresCharacter → James M. Gavin ⓘ
Jumpin' Jim → refersTo → James M. Gavin ⓘ
Airborne Warfare → workOf → James M. Gavin ⓘ
On to Berlin → workOf → James M. Gavin ⓘ