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	Creighton Abrams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abrams was one of the leaders in the relief effort which broke up the German entrenchments surrounding Bastogne and the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge.
		Troop strength under Abrams decreased from 535,000 in December 1968 to 140,000 in December 1971 to 30,000 combat troops at the end of 1972.
		Abrams was in charge of the Cambodian Incursion in 1970.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Creighton_Williams_Abrams (1146 words)

	Creighton Abrams
		He's the world champion." Abrams was one of the leaders in the relief effort which broke up the German entrenchments surrounding Bastogne and the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge.
		He served in Korea from 1953 to 1954 as Chief of Staff for I, IX and then X Corps and in West Germany from 1960 to 1962 before becoming vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, being promoted to the rank of general in 1964.
		General Abrams served as overall military commander in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/c/cr/creighton_abrams.html (338 words)

	Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr., General, United States Army
		The father, Creighton Abrams Sr., worked as a repairman for the Boston and Albany Railroad and was interested in all the activities of a very busy son.
		Creighton was involved in 4-H Club work, raising baby beef and pigs and in 1929 was selected to represent the Hampden County boys at Camp Field at Brockton Fair.
		Abrams, who was born in Drummondville, Quebec, was honorary chairman of the Arlington Ladies, honorary first lady of the U.S. Armor Association, a member of the executive council of the National Girl Scouts of America and a member of the National Military Families Association.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /abrams.htm (2506 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Creighton Abrams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2.
		Abrams is a city in the state of Wisconsin in the United States of America.
		Creighton W. Abrams was a U.S. Army soldier who served during World War II and the Vietnam War.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Creighton-Abrams (2392 words)

	Creighton W. Abrams Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Creighton W. Abrams was born on September 15, 1914, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
		Abrams himself is said to have worn out six tanks during the war, and his outfit was credited with having destroyed more than 300 German vehicles, 150 guns, and 15 tanks.
		Abrams died on September 4, 1974, of complications from surgery for lung cancer.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/creighton-w-abrams (843 words)

	Amazon.de: Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times: English Books: Lewis Sorley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Creighton Abrams is one of the best soldiers of the American Century, perhaps ranking only behind George C. Marshall in selfless devotion to soldiering.
		Abrams was a true man of virtue, and an inspiration to all who served with him and under his command.
		Creighton Abrams is remembered by many as a Vietnam Commander but not enough has been broadcast about his extraordinary character, demeanor and performance in defense of our country.
	www.amazon.de /Thunderbolt-General-Creighton-Abrams-Times/dp/0671701150 (1402 words)

	Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes 1968-1972
		Abrams believed his mission was to secure South Vietnam for its citizens, and inflicting a death blow upon the North Vietnamese or achieving significant “body counts” was a different objective.
		Abrams professes irritation with the lack of coordination between the U.S. government’s withdrawals and what it calls “Vietnamization,” but this is not cause for major concern.
		Abrams’ criteria for success was clearly the ability of ARVN to thwart enemy offensives, which is much different from those invariably bestowed upon them by the media.
	www.intellectualconservative.com /article4430.html (1671 words)

	Abrams Creighton Williams: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Abrams was appointed (1967) deputy commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam under Gen. William Westmoreland and later served (1968â“72) as commanding general.
		As related by Binkin, General Creighton Abrams, after the armed forces Vietnam experience, advocated a close operational association between the active Army and...
		Abrams was appointed (1967) deputy commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam under...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/abrams-creighton-williams.jsp?l=A&p=1 (897 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Abrams was the son of a Massachusetts railroad worker.
		Abrams was deeply suspicious of Komer and believed he provided rosy estimates of progress to please his political masters in Washington.
		Abrams continues to inspire the Army because, in his own roughhewn and sometimes gruff way, he came to represent all that is noble and honorable in the American profession of arms.
	www.aog.usma.edu /PUBS/assembly/980506/abtext.txt (4826 words)

	Ghost Recon Arms - m1 abrams
		Originally developed in 1976 as the XM1, and still made today by "General Dynamics Land Systems", the Abram was named after Creighton Abrams, and was set out to replace the older M60 tanks that were beginning to show signs of aging.
		Even though its main purpose is to serve the U.S. Army, several Abrams have been exported to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Kuwait to assist their countries armed forces against possible attack.
		As for armaments, the M1 Abram's main cannon is the 105mm M68A1, a rifled cannon found on the standard M1 model.
	www.ghostrecon.net /html/arms_m1abrams.htm (682 words)

	WW2DB: Creighton Abrams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As a young regimental adjutant of the 4th Armored Division at the outbreak of WW2, he rose through the ranks steadily as the United States mobilized and transformed her military from unpreparedness toward the army of a superpower that the nation would become by the end of the war.
		Abrams also was credited for advancing his armor from Bitburg to the Rhine, a distance of over forty miles, in less than two days.
		In the position of Army Chief of Staff, the approachable and plain-spoken Abrams passed away of lung cancer in 1974 and was buried in Section 21 of Arlington National Cemetery, immediately outside of Washington.
	ww2db.com /person_bio.php?person_id=106 (493 words)

	The Army Reserves and the Abrams Doctrine: Unfulfilled Promise, Uncertain Future
		The Abrams Doctrine is widely interpreted as an expression of General Creighton Abrams's determina-tion to maintain a clear linkage between the employment of the Army and the engagement of public support for military operations.
		When General Creighton Abrams became Army Chief of Staff on October 16, 1972, plans were already underway to reduce the post-Vietnam Active Army to 825,000 and 13 divisions--inadequate, the chief concluded, to provide a sufficient conventional force to meet the Soviet threat.
		As a result, political opposition to the employment of citizen soldiers may not, as the Abrams Doctrine intends, reflect a sober rejection by the people of the justness of the cause and the wisdom of their leaders, but rather the backlash of Americans who feel the Pentagon is just taking advantage of the Reserves.
	www.heritage.org /Research/NationalSecurity/hl869.cfm (6439 words)

	TheHistoryNet Discussion Forums: General Creighton Abrams' Strategy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It holds that Abrams strategy had worked by increasing the involvement of the South Vietnamese in the control of their own destiny, an attack on the "logistical nose" of the enemy (ie.
		In other words Abrams migration to his "clear and hold" strategy was appropriate for the conditions as he found them.
		Abrams and our ARVN Allies could have moved on the NVA after Tet and after Mini-Tet if granted permission to move into Cambodia in 1968.
	historynet.zeroforum.com /zerothread?id=157 (409 words)

	A Better War
		Abrams switched the war aims from destruction to control; he was less interested in counting enemy body bags than in securing South Vietnam's villages.
		A fawning paean to General Creighton Abrams, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, and former CIA chief William Colby and their stewardship of the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1975.
		The stab-in-the-back theory is alive and well in Sorleys (Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times, 1992, etc.) heavily footnoted but biased and flawed analysis of the post-1968 Vietnam War.
	www.tuvy.com /resource/books/a/A_Better_War.html (2379 words)

	General Creighton Abrams
		Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr.
		A graduate of West Point, class of 1936, he served in World War II and in 1964 became a general and vice chief of staff of the army.
		This was supposed to bring a gradual end to U.S. involvement in Vietnam and to enable the South Vietnamese to become increasingly responsible for running the war.
	www.vietnamwar.net /Abrams.htm (123 words)

	Abrams, Creighton Williams - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Abrams, Creighton Williams, 1914-74, U.S. military officer, b.
		After service in Korea (1953-54) and in West Germany (1960-62) during the Berlin crisis, he became (1964) vice chief of staff of the U.S. army and was promoted (1964) to the rank of general.
		Abrams was appointed (1967) deputy commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam under Gen. William Westmoreland and later served (1968-72) as commanding general.
	encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/A/Abrams-C.asp (288 words)

	Association of the United States Army: Report from November Lemnitzer Lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Abrams is also said to have been be better satisfied with the intelligence being collected from agents in the field on the tapes, said Sorley.
		Abrams tells his commanders on the tapes that soldiers needed to understand what this war is all about, Sorley said.
		As for Abrams’s larger strategy for winning the war, Sorley said Abrams is convinced that the pacification – or the security of village populations under the control of American forces – was “equally important, and equally a priority” to defeating the Communists in Vietnam.
	www.ausa.org /WEBINT/DeptHome.nsf/byid/CTON-6FUT4Q (845 words)

	Amazon.com: Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Time: Books: Lewis Sorley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Creighton Abrams may have been the greatest American soldier of the second half of the 20th century.
		Sorley asserts: "From the beginning Abrams was alienated by some aspects of the cadet experience." According to Sorley, Abrams was highly self-motivated and self-disciplined, and he resisted the petty tyranny of cadet life.
		For instance, although Abrams' performance during the relief of Bastogne was heroic, Sorley's assertion that this made Abrams "the most famous small unit leader of the war" is debatable.
	www.amazon.com /Thunderbolt-General-Creighton-Abrams-Army/dp/0671701150 (1897 words)

	abrams
		It is named after the late General Creighton Abrams, a former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armored Battalion.
		In the Persian Gulf War the Abrams demonstrated a high degree of combat effiency and put any doubts its abilities to rest.
		The Abrams variants are used by the United States Army and Marine Corps, as well as the forces of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kuwait.
	www.geocities.com /salocin_deslunes2/abrams.html (246 words)

	Amazon.ca: A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and the Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam: Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Abrams' successor was General Westmoreland, and he preferred large divisions that searched for the enemy in the jungles.
		I agree Abrams was a much better commander than Westmoreland and he was largely responsible for the improvements Sorely describes.
		Abrams' main strategy was to secure population centers and use American forces in direct combat only if the benefits would be high and the price low.
	www.amazon.ca /Better-War-Unexamined-Victories-Americas/dp/0151002665 (2707 words)

	M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank
		The M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) is the namesake of the late General Creighton W. Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armored Battalion.
		The Abrams' thermal sights were unhampered by the clouds of thick fl smoke over the battlefield that were the result of burning Kuwaiti oil wells.
		The mission of the M1A2 Abrams tank is to close with and destroy enemy forces using firepower, maneuver, and shock effect.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm (5000 words)

	days_a_05
		Abrams: Behind that, behind that's another battalion, with a, marching right behind them, of six hundred and eighty.
		Abrams: Each, uh, each of those battalions have a, has a battalion commander, and, uh, the, uh, the, uh, both battalions are under the command of General Billingslea.
		Abrams: Uh, we have gotten a hold of the battle group and, uh, have diverted them.
	www.jfklibrary.org /meredith/chron_days_a_05.html (307 words)

	Creighton Abrams Biography
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	Gen. Creighton Abrams - 3rd Armored Div. Commander 1960-62
		Abrams tries every day to get away from the paperwork at his headquarters in Frankfurt, climb aboard his personal Bell helicopter, and whirl off to inspect everyone in a unit from bird colonel to buck private.
		Abrams was the oldest of three children born to Creighton Abrams, Sr., a railroad hand on the Boston and Albany, and the former Nellie Randall, the daughter of an estate caretaker.
		Later, Abrams led the dash to the Rhine, moved so fast that he captured an astonished lieutenant general and his staff at their desks.
	www.3ad.com /history/cold.war/abrams.htm (3717 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Vietnam \| The Abrams Tapes: Insight to the MACV Headquarters During the Vietnam War
		General Creighton W. Abrams returned to the United States in the summer of 1972 to become Army chief of staff, bringing with him certain highly classified materials relating to his service in Vietnam.
		When, in the autumn of 1974, Abrams died in office, his successor ordered that these materials be sequestered, with both their existence and their location classified top secret.
		General Abrams was called home for consultations with President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey (left) before being named commander of U.S. MACV in 1968.
	historynet.com /vn/bl-general-abrams (1006 words)

	Abrams pg. 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This was the flag of General Creighton W. Abrams, the only Chief in the long history of the Army to serve to the end of his life in uniform.
		Abrams was going to his final resting place among the thousands of other soldiers who had gone before him and who now rest silently on the hills overlooking Washington, DC.
		Leading the procession through the rain were Julie Abrams and the six Abrams’ children.
	www.aog.usma.edu /Pubs/Assembly/980506/abrams2.htm (206 words)

	Town of Agawam, MA - General Abrams
		At 0035 today, General Creighton W. Abrams, Chief of Staff, United States Army, who had recent Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger as "an authentic national hero," died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
		His World War II commander, General George S. Patton, Jr., once said: "I'm supposed to be the best tank commander in the Army but I have one peer - Abe Abrams.
		For many, 4-H is a stepping stone." At school, Creighton was a good student and his teachers remember him as a dependable boy of firm character.
	agawam.ma.us /content/76/128/default.aspx (1888 words)

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