Orlando Ward
Military Person
1891 – 1972
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Who was Orlando Ward?
Orlando Ward was a career United States Army Officer. During World War II, as a major general, he commanded the 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch and during the first five months of the Tunisia Campaign, being relieved in March 1943. He also served as Secretary to Army Chief of Staff George Marshall in the critical years prior to the war and made major contributions to field artillery procedures in the 1930s that, a decade later, made the American field artillery especially effective in World War II.
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- Born
- Nov 4, 1891
Macon - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- Feb 4, 1972
Denver - Resting place
- Fairmount Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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