Tommy Franks

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United States Army general human military officer

Tommy Franks is a retired U.S. Army general best known for leading American and coalition forces during the early stages of the Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan.

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Tommy Franks canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Defense Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
conflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-06-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Command and General Staff School ⓘ
surface form: Command and General Staff College

United States Army War College ⓘ
University of Texas at Arlington ⓘ
familyName Franks ⓘ
fieldOfWork military strategy ⓘ
national security ⓘ
genre military memoir ⓘ
givenName Tommy ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix General ⓘ
hasRank four-star general ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf United States Armed Forces ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
notableRole Oversaw initial invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 ⓘ
Oversaw initial invasion of Iraq in 2003 ⓘ
notableWork American Soldier ⓘ
Leadership of U.S. and coalition forces in the early stages of the Iraq War ⓘ
Leadership of U.S. and coalition forces in the early stages of the war in Afghanistan ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
participatedIn Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom
placeOfBirth Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of United States Central Command ⓘ
residence Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
retiredFrom United States Army ⓘ
serviceNumberOfYears 1965–2003 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Cathryn Carley Franks ⓘ

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Iraq War → commander → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad (2003) → commander → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Battle of Tora Bora → notableCommander → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Operation Enduring Freedom → theaterCommander → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Multinational force in Iraq → commander → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States → hasBirthplaceOf → Tommy Franks ⓘ
subject surface form: Wynnewood, Oklahoma
Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States → hasNotablePerson → Tommy Franks ⓘ
subject surface form: Wynnewood, Oklahoma
American Soldier → author → Tommy Franks ⓘ
American Soldier → mainSubject → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Operation Iraqi Freedom → commandedBy → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Cathryn Carley Franks → spouse → Tommy Franks ⓘ
Battle of Baghdad → commander → Tommy Franks ⓘ