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Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton)

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Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton)

[General;] [Army Chief of Staff]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095803
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Name Authority File
Collection Membership(s)
- Names Collection - Authorized Headings
- LC Names Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Collins, Joseph Lawton, 1896-1987
- Collins, Lightning Joe
- Lightning Joe
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn+78095803#skos:Concept
Sources
- found: Joseph Lawton Collins [MP] 1951.
- found: NUCMC data from US Army Milit. Hist. Inst. for Oral history collection, 1970-1985 (J. Lawton Collins)
- found: Dict. Amer. milit. biog., 1984 (Collins, Joseph Lawton; b. 5-1-1896; WWII division & corps commander; chief of staff, US Army; command. VII Corps in Engl. & Normandy on D-Day; Lightning Joe; Lightning Joe Collins)
- found: WWA, 1970/71 (Collins, J(oseph) Lawton; b. 5-1-1896)
- found: NY times 9/14/87 (Gen. J. Lawton Collins; d. 9-12-87; b. 1896; combat leader in WWII; former Army chief of staff; Silver Star, Guadalcanal; Chief of Staff, 1949-1953; special envoy to Vietnam; ret'd; vice-chmn. Pfizer Int'l, 1957-; in 1984 served as Pres. Reagan's pers. rep. at Normandy ceremonies)
General Notes
- [General;] [Army Chief of Staff]
Editorial Notes
- [Not to be confused with: Collins, James Lawton, 1882-1963 (NUCMC 79-1511, etc.); Collins, James Lawton, 1917-]
Change Notes
- 1979-01-11: new
- 1987-10-21: revised

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