Joseph Taggert McNerney ( born Joseph Taggart McNarney ; August 28, 1893 - February 1, 1972 ) - American military commander, general (March 1945).
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| Date of Birth | August 28, 1893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Emporium , Pennsylvania , USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | February 1, 1972 (78 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A place of death | La Jolla , San Diego , California , USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years of service | 1915 - 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank |  the general | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I The Second World War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Educated at the Military Academy (1915), flight school in San Diego (1916), Air Force Tactical College (1921), Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, and Army Military College (1930).
He began his service in June 1915 as the 2nd lieutenant in the 21st Infantry Regiment; in 1916 he was transferred to the communications corps. In 1917 he was sent to France and in January 1918 he was enrolled in the main apartment of the Air Force. As part of the 1st squadron, he participated in battles in the north of France.
Since February 1919, the commander of the 2nd Army Monitoring Group.
In the late 1920s, he served in the aviation section of the General Staff Military Department. Since 1930, he was the head of the primary primer school in Randolffield (Texas), then commanded the 7th bomber group and was an executive officer of the 1st bomber wing.
From August 1933 to March 1935 he was an instructor at the Army Military College, then head of the Air Force Headquarters department. In July 1939, he was appointed to the Joint Army Planning Committee, and in May 1940 to the American-Canadian Permanent Defense Council.
In May 1941, McNerney was appointed chief of staff of a special monitoring group in London, and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he was included in the commission to investigate the causes of the disaster.
Since January 1942, a member of the Council for the reorganization of the army. In March 1942, he was appointed 1st Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army, General J. Marshall. He led the development of plans for operations to combat enemy submarines involving aviation.
In October 1944 he was transferred to the army as commander of American forces in the Mediterranean theater of operations and deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean Sea. Closest assistant Field Marshals G. Wilson and G. Alexander. In September 1945, McNerney was appointed and. about. Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean Sea, and in November - the Commander of the US Forces in Europe and the Commander-in-Chief of the US Occupation Troops in Germany.
From March 1947, he was a senior member of the United Nations Military Staff Committee (headquartered in New York), from October 1947 he was chief of the Air Force Command in Ohio, and in September 1949 he was head of the department of the Defense Committee.
January 31, 1952 retired.
Notes
Literature
- Zalessky K. A. Who was who in the Second World War. Allies of the USSR. M., 2004
Links
- McNarney Joseph Taggert on the Chronos website