Mark W. Clark
United States Army general (1896-1984) · United States · On the map · Died at 87
Mark Wayne Clark was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army during World War II.
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Senior officers during the Louisiana maneuvers. Left to right: Mark W. Clark, Chief of Staff, Army Ground Forces; Harry J. Malony, Chief of Staff, Second Army; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff, Third Army; Ben Lear, Commander Second Army; Walter Krueger, Commander Third Army; Lesley J. McNair, Commander Army Ground Forces
Negotiations at Algiers, 13 November 1942. From left to right: Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral François Darlan, Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, and Mr. Robert D. Murphy of the US. State Department.
Clark on board USS Ancon during the landings at Salerno, Italy, 12 September 1943
Lieutenant David C. Waybur (left) chats with Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark who presented him with the Medal of Honor for his conspicuous gallantry under fire, Baia e Latina, Italy, 29 November 1943
Clark being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, 13 December 1943
Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark riding in a jeep through the recently liberated Italian capital of Rome, June 1944. Sat behind Clark is Major General Alfred Gruenther while to Gruenther's left is Major General Harry H. Johnson.
From left to right, Alfred Gruenther, Donald W. Brann, Mark W. Clark, and Guy GarrodAwards
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Lived 1896 to 1984 · aged 87
