Name that general! (with written questions too)

Here we go.... Who is this General

 

Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold.

JT

 

You have it JT.

Henry H. Arnold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The only General to be a 5 star General of the Army and to be a 5 star General of the Air Force.

Your go.

 

And who is this gentleman?

JT

 

This would be Polish LG Władysław Anders

 

Anders it is.

JT

 

On the 26th of June 1941 this recipient of the Order of Lenin, two times the Order of the Red Banner, XX years RKKA and a major-general (corps commander at the time) was severely wounded by a German air strike. The general was so badly wounded that he was considered lost, so he was buried as dead, before the medical staff evacuated as a result of the advancing Germans. However on the insistence of a political officer of the army staff that the body be recovered, soldiers returned to the place to dig up the body only to find that he was still alive. The general continued to serve retiring in 1959 and did not die until 1987. Who was the general?

Btw. I should mention that his awards: the Order of Lenin and two times Order of the Red Banner came later in the war and is not related to this episode.

 

Well the only place I could find his picture was your website:

General Ignatii Ivanovich Karpezo (1898-1987)

 

Michelle,

I hope that you didn't go through all the Soviet generals on my site in order to find him. Your turn.

 

Nope. Just filtered to those who died in 1987, and only bothered looking at the ones with 1987 in the birth - death behind their names. Not too bad, less frustrating than doing my usual key word search and having little or nothing come up!

So, here is one. He was on both sides.

 

You have it Jeff. Your go!

Pietro Badoglio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba (September 28, 1871 – November 1, 1956) was an Italian soldier and politician. He was a member of the National Fascist Party and fought alongside his nation's troops under Benito Mussolini in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War; his efforts gained him the title Duke of Addis Abeba.
In July 24, 1943 as Italy had suffered several setbacks in World War II, Mussolini summoned the Grand Council of Fascism, this led to the Fascist vote of no confidence against him. The following day Il Duce was removed from government by king Victor Emmanuel III and arrested. Badoglio was declared Prime Minister of Italy and while mass confusion in Italy reigned, he eventually signed an armistice with the Allies. When this was made public, it threw Italy into chaos. The king and Badoglio fled Rome leaving the Italian Army with no orders to follow.
Eventually from Malta on October 13, Badoglio and the Kingdom of Italy declared war against Nazi Germany. Badoglio did not stay as Prime Minister for long however, as world opinion at that stage desired a person with a non-Fascist past to head the government. By 1944, Badoglio was replaced by Ivanoe Bonomi of the Labour Democratic Party.

 

Grief is right. I've read about the man and seen the photo before, but alas cannot attach name to piciture.

JT

 

Admiral John Lesslie Hall Jr

John L. Hall, Jr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

also
Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., USN (Retired), (1891-1978)

John Lesslie Hall, Jr., was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, on 11 April 1891. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1909, excelled in athletics, and graduated in June 1913. As a junior officer he served in several ships, among them the battleships North Dakota and Utah. During World War I Lieutenant Hall trained engineering personnel on the old battleship Illinois and was an engineer officer on the new destroyer Philip. During the years immediately following World War I, he had sea duty, mainly in destroyers, and served ashore as a Naval Academy instructor.

From the mid-1920s until 1934, Lieutenant Commander Hall was an Aide to the Naval District commandant at Charleston, South Carolina, was Executive Officer of the submarine tender Camden, commanded the destroyer Childs, spent three years with the Naval Academy's physical training and athletics programs, and was Navigator of the training ship Wyoming. Promoted to Commander in 1934, he went to the Far East to serve in the heavy cruiser Augusta and, while with the Asiatic Fleet, commanded the gunboat Asheville and a destroyer division. During the later 1930s Commander Hall was at the Naval War College, initially as a student, then as a member of that institution's staff. In July 1940 he achieved the rank of Captain and was given command of the old battleship Arkansas. This was followed by staff duty with elements of the Atlantic Fleet.

In mid-1942 John L. Hall was given a temporary appointment as Rear Admiral and during the invasion of Morocco that fall was Chief of Staff to the operation's Naval commander. This was followed by command of the Naval forces and facilities in that region. Holding amphibious force commands from February 1943 onwards, Rear Admiral Hall was in charge of important components of the invasions of Sicily in July of that year and of the Italian mainland in September. He was sent to England in November to participate in preparations for the invasion of France and, in the June 1944 Normandy landings, commanded the amphibious assault on "Omaha" Beach. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet's Amphibious Forces in October, Hall participated in the invasion of Okinawa in the spring of 1945.
In October 1945 he became Commander Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, receiving the rank of Vice Admiral a few months later. Following service as Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District, and Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier, in 1948 he became Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College. Vice Admiral Hall's final assignment was as Commander Western Sea Frontier and Commander Pacific Reserve Fleet from August 1951 until his retirement at the beginning of May 1953. Upon leaving active duty, he was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the basis of a combat award. John L. Hall, Jr., died at Scottsdale, Arizona, on 6 March 1978.

The guided missile frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG-32), commissioned in 1982, is named in honor of Admiral Hall.

 

I knew I wouldn't get much sympathy!

Here's another one...

 

Hint: Above and below the sea

 

Hmm, no one seems to be biting, here is more on this person.


His wartime awards were the Distinguished Service Medal and two gold stars in lieu of second and third awards, and the Legion of Merit. The following is quoted directly from the Navy Office of Information concerning Distinguished Service Medal:

"For exceptionally meritorious service as Commander Submarine Forces, Pacific Fleet, from February 1943 to September 1945. A forceful leader, professionally skilled in the performance of a vital assignment, vice Admiral was responsible for the strategic planning and tactical execution of submarine operations which culminated in the sinking by the forces under his command of over one thousand hostile ships, including one battleship, seven aircraft carriers and five cruisers, and in the damaging of more than five hundred additional ships. Rendering distinguished service in support of vital amphibious operations in the forward areas of the Pacific, Vice Admiralalso contributed to the development and effective employment of new weapons of extreme advantage to the Allied cause."