Matthew Ridgway

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United States Army general human

Matthew Ridgway was a highly respected U.S. Army general known for revitalizing United Nations forces and turning the tide during the Korean War.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Matthew B. Ridgway 7
General Matthew B. Ridgway 3
Matthew Ridgway canonical 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
awardReceived Air Force Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Medal of Honor ⓘ
Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
birthDate 1895-03-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Fort Monroe, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Fort Monroe, Virginia, United States
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest ⓘ
commanded U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
surface form: 82nd Airborne Division

United States Eighth Army ⓘ
surface form: Eighth United States Army

United Nations Command ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Command (Korea)

XVIII Airborne Corps ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1993-07-26 ⓘ
deathPlace Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
endTimeChiefOfStaffUSArmy 1955 ⓘ
endTimeSupremeAlliedCommanderEurope 1953 ⓘ
familyName Powell ⓘ
surface form: Ridgway
fullName Matthew Ridgway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Matthew Bunker Ridgway
givenName Matthew ⓘ
graduationYear 1917 ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
notableFor revitalizing United Nations forces in the Korean War ⓘ
turning the tide of the Korean War in favor of UN forces ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Army ⓘ
surface form: Chief of Staff of the United States Army

Commander of XVIII Airborne Corps ⓘ
Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
Commander of the Eighth United States Army ⓘ
Commander of the United Nations Command in Korea ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Europe ⓘ
startTimeChiefOfStaffUSArmy 1953 ⓘ
startTimeSupremeAlliedCommanderEurope 1952 ⓘ

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

Korean War → commander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
United Nations Command → notableCommander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → hasMainRepresentative → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → hasTitleHolder → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
Matthew Ridgway → fullName → Matthew Ridgway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew Bunker Ridgway
SCAP → notableOfficeHolder → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew B. Ridgway
82nd Infantry Division → notableCommander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew B. Ridgway
Commander, Eighth United States Army → notableHolder → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Matthew B. Ridgway
UN multinational military presence in Korea → overallCommander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew B. Ridgway
Operation Varsity → commander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
Fifth Phase Offensive (1951) → opposingCommander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew B. Ridgway
EUSA → historicalCommander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Matthew B. Ridgway
X Corps → notableCommander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East Command area during Korean War → coordinatedBy → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Matthew B. Ridgway
Chinese Third Phase Offensive → opposingCommander → Matthew Ridgway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matthew B. Ridgway