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| | WWII History Magazine - Column "Insight" July 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., was the commanding general of the 10th Army and was one of the highest ranking American officers killed in action during the war. |
 | | Buckner’s 10th Army consisted of two corps, the III Amphibious Corps made up of the 1st, 6th, and 2nd Marine divisions, and the XXIV Corps with the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th Infantry divisions. |
 | | Buckner’s father, Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., had surrendered to Brig. |
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