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You got it Lou.
Y'all get ready, my next one (whenever that may be) will be Japanese.
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March 29th, 2008, 01:32 AM
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OK - this should be a quick one....
HINT: He's NOT Japanese.
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Whadda ya mean a quick one? I can't even figure out his nationality.
Karel Doorman?
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March 29th, 2008, 03:41 AM
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Nope..... his country created a special rank for him, so he would not have an inferior rank to his British counterpart.
Here's another picture
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I'll hafta look tomorrow. I need to got to bed.
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March 29th, 2008, 02:59 PM
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...and another ....
...this should give a little more info...
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March 29th, 2008, 11:38 PM
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He was killed/assassinated in 1942 by one of his own countrymen.
According to Wiki, he "... was unpopular with the Allies--he was considered pompous, having asked Eisenhower to provide 200 Coldstream Guards and Grenadier Guards as an honor company for the commemoration of Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz--and it was said that 'no tears were shed' at his funeral." Well.... there you go.... a vitual 'gimme'...
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March 30th, 2008, 01:29 AM
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Good one, Michele - Darlan it is.
Your go...
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March 30th, 2008, 02:25 AM
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Well, I knew he wasn't British, German or Italian. I never even thought about French. Apologies to Skipper.
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March 30th, 2008, 04:34 AM
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Where did he command?
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Looks like Gen. Harold Alexander. If so, he commanded in North Africa and Italy.
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Your go, JT!
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He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a commission as 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps, fought in the Pacific, and retired as a Lt. General.
He's on the far right in the first photo, a Brig. General on Guam.
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Lieutenant General Pedro Augusto del Valle
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Pedro A. del Valle
Liberation: Marines in the Recapture of Guam (Operation in Forager) middle of the page
Oops, didn't see Mike's answer.
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March 31st, 2008, 04:10 PM
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- del Valle - that's the first name in this thread that I haven't recognized.... have to do a bit of 'reading-up' on him!....
(...thats not to say I haven't LEARNED something from all of the other posts - au contraire' !- it's been quite illuminating)
- carry on, gentlemen - (and don't let Slipdigit get it! - he's going to post a Japanese general - I don't know those guys at all!)
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don't worry Lou, No Japanese for me, I promise 
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March 31st, 2008, 08:09 PM
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Mike's up.
As commander of the 11th Marines (artillery) on Guadalcanal, Col. Del Valle's guns were instrumental in helping defeat several large Japanese attacks, the battles of the Tenaru River and Edson's Ridge included.
So impressed was Maj. Gen. Vandegrift, commander of Cactus forces, that he recommended Del Valle for flag rank. Del Valle was promoted to brig. general that fall.
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March 31st, 2008, 10:19 PM
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Here you go lou, not Japanese 
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