William B. Rosson
Military Person
1918 – 2004
Who was William B. Rosson?
General William Bradford Rosson commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific from October 1970 to January 1973. He was commissioned in 1940 through ROTC and saw combat in World War II, earning the Distinguished Service Cross for valor on the Anzio Beachhead in Italy. He also fought in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany.
Rosson obtained his bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Oregon. After retirement from the military he earned a Master of Letters degree in International Relations from New College, Oxford University in England. His military schooling includes the U.S. Army War College and the National War College.
Major command experience for Rosson includes Commanding General for Task Force Oregon, Commanding General for I Field Force, and Commanding General, Provisional Corps, for the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Later he was Deputy Commander for the same command. Rosson concluded his career as Commander in Chief of the United States Southern Command in Quarry Heights, Panama Canal Zone.
Additional assignments include serving in General Eisenhower's NATO headquarters in Paris, and duty with the French Forces in Vietnam in 1954.
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- Born
- Aug 25, 1918
Des Moines - Also known as
- William Rosson
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Oxford
- University of Oregon
- Died
- Dec 12, 2004
Salem - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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