War hero J.Lawton Collins

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J.Lawton Collins

Living place: Louisiana

Birthday: 1-5-1896

Global rank: #92574

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Who is War hero J.Lawton Collins?
The United States Army commanded the man who became known as "Lightning Joe" and became a hero in Guadalcanal and Normandy.
He boldly led his unit at Guadalcanal through a line of enemy sniper fire. Likewise, in Normandy, he led an important breakthrough D-Day.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He graduated from West Point in 1917 and was sent to Germany to command a battalion.

Family life info

He had a son and two daughters with his wife, Gladys.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling War hero J.Lawton Collins?
His grandson, Michael Collins, piloted the famous Apollo 11 space mission that carried two men to the moon.

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When was War hero J.Lawton Collins born?
J.Lawton Collins was born in 1-5-1896, death year is , at the age of 128.
Where is War hero J.Lawton Collins's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
J.Lawton Collins was born in Louisiana, . is a War hero, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. J.Lawton Collins's global rank is 92574 and whose rank is 401 in list of famous War hero.
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Events in 1896 and 1-5

Birthday J.Lawton Collins (1-5) in history

  • Day 1-5 year 1707: The date of the Act of Confederation allowed the merger of England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom.
  • Day 1-5 year 1931: The Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 102 stories, it would be the world's tallest building for the next 41 years. Click to see the current tallest.
  • Day 1-5 year 1941: Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, considered by many the greatest film ever made, premiered in New York.
  • Day 1-5 year 1948: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was established with Kim Il Sung as president.
  • Day 1-5 year 1960: The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory.
  • Day 1-5 year 1967: Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu. (They divorced in 1973.)
  • Day 1-5 year 1991: 44-year-old Texas fireballer Nolan Ryan hurled his seventh and final no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. That same day, Oakland's Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock’s stolen base record.
  • Day 1-5 year 2003: President Bush made a speech aboard an aircraft carrier proclaiming “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.”
  • Day 1-5 year 2009: For the first time in 341 years, a woman is appointed as poet laureate of the United Kingdom. Carol Ann Duffy, 53, will take over the post from current poet laureate Andrew Motion.
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