Alexander M. Patch
United States Army general (1889-1945) · United States · On the map · Died at 55
Alexander McCarrell Patch was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both world wars, rising to rank of general. During World War II, he commanded U.S. Army and Marine Corps forces during the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific, and the Seventh Army on the Western Front in Europe.
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At West Point in 1913
U.S. Army ground and air generals confer with their chief. From left to right: Major General Alexander Patch, Lieutenant General Millard Harmon, and Major General Nathan F. Twining, conferring over a map whilst serving in the South Pacific, February 1943
Senior officers aboard USS Catoctin (AGC-5), operation flagship, en route to the invasion area on 14 August 1944. Left to right: Brigadier General Gordon P. Saville, Air Commander; Lieutenant General Alexander Patch, Army Commander; Vice Admiral Kent Hewitt, Naval Commander; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Rear Admiral André Lemonnier, Chief of Staff of the French Navy
Three lieutenant generals in October 1944: Lucian Truscott, Alexander Patch, and Jacob L. Devers
Lieutenant Generals Jacob L. Devers and Alexander Patch at Lunéville, France, January 1945
Wife Julia Littell in 1915Awards
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Lived 1889 to 1945 · aged 55