Manton S. Eddy

Lieutenant General Manton Sprague Eddy was a senior United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. During the latter conflict he served with distinction, commanding the 9th Infantry Division and later the XII Corps in the campaign in Western Europe, playing a large part in the Battle of the Bulge in late December 1944, leading the corps until April 20, 1945, when health problems forced him to turn over command.