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Raymond Albert Wheeler

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American Army General (1885-1974)

United StatesLived 1885 to 1974 · aged 88
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Raymond Albert Wheeler was a lieutenant general in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and an engineer of international recognition.

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1958Hoover Medal
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Silver Star
Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit

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Raymond Albert Wheeler was a lieutenant general in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and an engineer of international recognition. He fought in both World Wars, at the Marne in World War I, where he earned a Silver Star, and in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II, where he personally accepted the Japanese surrender in Singapore. During and after the war he held key roles in major engineering projects of the 20th century, to include construction of the Ledo Road, St. Lawrence Seaway, and Missouri Basin Program, the clearing of the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis, and the construction of tens of thousands of miles of rail and highway through Iraq and Iran during the development of Allied supply lines from Europe to Russia during World War II.

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United States
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1974 · aged 88
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