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	James Van Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Alward Van Fleet (March 19, 1892 - September 23, 1992) was a U.S. Army general during World War II and the Korean War.
		Van Fleet was born in Coytesville, New Jersey and was a 1915 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
		Van Fleet was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Alward_Van_Fleet (392 words)

	KWCC Biography - Van Fleet
		James Alward Van Fleet was born in Coytesville, New Jersey, March 19, 1892, and raised in Florida.
		Promoted to the rank of brigadier general, Van Fleet was assistant commander of the 2nd Division during the St. Lo breakout and the capture of Brest, France, and commanded the 4th Division during the Siegfried Line Campaign and the 90th Division during the operation to capture Metz, France, and the Battle of the Bulge.
		In 1954, Van Fleet served as Eisenhower's special ambassador to the Far East, and in 1961-1962, he was a consultant on guerrilla warfare for the office of the secretary of the Army.
	korea50.army.mil /history/biographies/van_fleet.shtml (1470 words)

	Science Fair Projects - James Alward Van Fleet
		James Alward Van Fleet (March 19, 1892 - September 23, 1992) was an U.S. Army general during World War II and the Korean War.
		Van Fleet was a 1915 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
		Van Fleet died in 1992 several months after reaching his 100th birthday.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/James_Alward_Van_Fleet (306 words)

	James Alward Van Fleet, General, United States Army
		James Alward Van Fleet, a foot soldier through nearly four decades in the United States Army and a commander who led major campaigns in WWII and the Korean War, died Wednesday, September 23, 1992 at his ranch in Polk City, Florida.
		Van Fleet was born in Coytesville, New Jersey, March 19, 1892, but raised in Florida and adopted it as his home.
		His father and mother, William and Mendora Van Fleet, owned property in Chicago and were friends of Abraham Lincoln.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /vanfleet.htm (1389 words)

	James Van Fleet - Top 50 Most Important Floridians of the 20th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		But James Alward Van Fleet was rock-hard until he died Sept. 23, 1992, just six months after his 100th birthday party.
		Van Fleet was born in 1892 in Coytette, N.J., but he didn't like to admit it.
		He led a forward regiment that landed at Utah Beach on D-Day, then led a division that relieved the Allies at the Battle of the Bulge, the last major offensive by the Germans in World War II.In 1951, he was assigned command of the U.S. 8th Army in Korea.
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	Det 150 Cadet Homepage: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Van Fleet Hall, the home of ROTC at the University of Florida, is named after General James Alward Van Fleet, a native Floridian.
		Well, in the 1920's Van Fleet served as the ROTC commander at UF, and coached football for almost 6 years.
		James Van Fleet is not only a hero and leader to his country, but to the University of Florida as well.
	grove.ufl.edu /~det150/history.html (321 words)

	Biography - GEN James A. Van Fleet
		General James Alward Van Fleet was born on 19 March 1892 in Coytesville, New Jersey, to William Van Fleet (1833-1919) and Medora Roxanne Schofield (1848-1918).
		In 1933, General Van Fleet was assigned to the 5th Infantry Regiment at Fort Williams, Maine.
		General Van Fleet was then sent to England to command the XXIII Corps which had under it all the field units then in the United Kingdom.
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	Our Korean War POW/MIA's - CPT James Van Fleet Jr. & Crew (1 of 4)
		was the son of General James A. Van Fleet, who was then the 8th Army Commander, and Field Commander of UN Forces fighting in Korea.
		An interrogator told Source that VAN FLEET was being held in Pyongyang by the Chinese.
		One Chinese interrogator said that VAN FLEET was alive and another Chinese interrogator said that he was dead.
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	Presidential Papers, Doc#668 Personal and confidential To Walter Bedell Smith, 16 January 1954. In The Papers of Dwight ...
		For background on General James Alward Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth Army in Korea until February 1953, see Galambos, NATO and the Campaign of 1952, no. 165.
		Eisenhower had written Van Fleet that he had read the article "with great interest" and would ask others "to take a look at it" (Jan. 16, 1953, Van Fleet Papers).
		Drawing upon his experiences in training native troops in Greece and Korea, Van Fleet had argued that Asian wars must be fought by Asians, who could be trained and equipped by Americans (James A. Van Fleet, "Twenty-five Divisions for the Cost of One," Reader's Digest, no. 382 [February 1954], 1-10).
	www.eisenhowermemorial.org /presidential-papers/first-term/documents/668.cfm (429 words)

	GENERAL JAMES ALWARD VAN FLEET - ANNOTATED COMMEMORATIVE COVER SIGNED CIRCA 1985 CO-SIGNED BY:DESMOND T. DOSS
		JAMES A. VAN FLEET and DESMOND T. While General Van Fleet led the First Army across Germany, medic Corporal Doss, a Conscientious Objector, saved lives on Okinawa.
		Colonel JAMES A. commanded the 8th Infantry when it went ashore on Utah Beach, Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), ahead of most of the Allied invasion force.
		In March 1945, Major General Van Fleet commanded the III Corps, which spearheaded the First Army's advance from the Remagen bridgehead across Germany.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/8_2001/worldwarII/GENERAL_JAMES_ALWARD_VAN_FLEET.htm (322 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Will to Win: The Life of General James A. Van Fleet : Livres en anglais (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Defining the root of Van Fleet's success as devotion to his men and dedication to rigorous field training and mental conditioning, Paul Braim describes Van Fleet's ability to inspire his men with the will to win through two world wars and in the limited wars that followed.
		He chronicles Van Fleet's command of III Corps in its drive into the heart of Nazi Germany in World War II and his training of allied soldiers in the Cold Wars, including his development of the Greek National Army into a fighting force capable of driving off a strong communist insurgency.
		Finally, he explains that Van Fleet was one of few senior military leaders to argue for training the Vietnamese instead of committing U.S. combat forces in Vietnam.
	www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/ASIN/1557502196 (657 words)

	Memorium - GEN James A. Van Fleet
		Defense is not stubborn (2400)." Thus did Col. James A. Van Fleet report the progress of his 8th Infantry to his commanding officer, Maj. Gen.
		Late in August 1951, after the truce negotiations had been suspended, Van Fleet, determined to resume the offensive in order to drive the enemy farther back from the Hwachon Reservoir (Seoul's source of water and electric power) and away from the Chorwon-Seoul railroad.
		General Van Fleet ordered them to continue the advance as far north as the northwesterly leg of the Soyang River above the Punchbowl.
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	James Fleet - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone
		James Fleet studied for three years at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland, before starring in numerous films and television...
		James Fleet - a dated list of TV Comedy shows shown on UK television featuring James Fleet in the cast of crew, with links to more information about each...
		James Fleet - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, James Fleet Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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		Approximately 100 protestors affiliated with right-wing organisations held a similar protest in downtown Thessaloniki on Saturday night, and marched to the US Consulate, where they burned US and FYROM flags.
		Also, in Kastoria, the town's municipal council voted that a Square named after WWII US general James Alward Van Fleet of the US Army Group, which was part of the US Mission for Aid to Greece (Van Fleet Square) be renamed as "Plateia Makedonomachon" (Macedonian fighters' Square).
		At the same time, Athens mayor Dora Bakoyanni said the US' recognition of FYROM with the name 'Republic of Macedonia' was a "wrong decision at the wrong time", and called that "Greece does not involve itself again in a blind-alley discussion characterised by populism and demagogy".
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		Four centuries Americans : Van Fleet / Van Vliet / Van Vleet, 1634-2001.
		Author: Van Fleet, James A. (James Alward), 1940-
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		UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO James Alward Van Fleet, Director Center for International Studies and Programs Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390 (419) 537-3527.
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	www.africa.upenn.edu /Org_Institutes/aasp-old.html (988 words)

	AII POW-MIA Korea POW-MIA List V
		• VAN FLEET, JAMES ALWARD JR MIA • VAN HORN, IRVING MIA • VAN NATTA, RUSSEL EDWARD KIA • VAN NEWHOUSE, RICHARD POW
		• VAN NOSDALL, GILBERT A POW• VAN OSDOL, CHARLES EUGENE MIA • VAN RIPER, THOMAS LOUIS MIA • VAN SADERS, SAMUES MIA
		• VAN SICKLE, FRANK LOUIS JR MIA • VAN STEENVOORT, EUGENE RAYMOND POW • VAN VOORHIS, PAUL EDWARD MIA
	www.aiipowmia.com /koreacw/kwpw_v.html (635 words)

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		Including the autographs of Chief of Staff General Matthew Ridgway, and generals Walter Kreuger, James Alward Van Fleet, Sam Sims Walker and Albert Coady Wedemeyer.
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