Adna Romanza Chaffee Jr. (September 23, 1884 – August 22, 1941) was an officer in the United States Army, called the "Father of the Armored Force" for...
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Adna Romanza Chaffee (April 14, 1842 – November 1, 1914) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Chaffee took part in the American Civil War...
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British service it was given the service name Chaffee after the United States Army general, Adna R. Chaffee Jr., who helped develop the use of tanks in the...
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Armored Force under the Chief of the Armored Force, Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. and took control of all tank units in infantry and cavalry units...
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side of the river. Fort Chaffee was originally named Camp Chaffee. The camp was named after Major General Adna R. Chaffee Jr., an artillery officer who...
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George S. Patton (redirect from George S. Patton, Jr.)
as an umpire, where he met Adna R. Chaffee Jr. and the two formulated recommendations to develop an armored force. Chaffee was named commander of this...
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printmaker Adna Chaffee (1842–1914), American lieutenant general Adna R. Chaffee Jr. (1884–1941), American major general, son of Adna Cathleen Chaffee, American...
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1940 – at Fort Knox, Kentucky under the command of Major General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. Change of command – November 1940 – Major General Charles L. Scott...
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Boston Brahmin (section Chaffee/Chafee)
and landowner Matthew Chaffee (1657–1723), Boston landowner Adna Romanza Chaffee (1842–1914), U.S. general Adna R. Chaffee Jr. (1884–1941), U.S. general...
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building "tank fleets", other, such as Heinz Guderian in Germany, Adna R. Chaffee Jr. in the United States, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the Soviet Union...
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States Army Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. (1884–1941), major general in the United States Army Joseph Adna Hill (1860–1938), American statistician Adna R. Johnson...
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Lowell Ward Rooks (1933−1935) Gordon R. Sullivan Deputy Commandant 1987–88 Adna R. Chaffee Jr. 1919–20 Clarence R. Huebner (1929–33) Walter Krueger (1901–12)...
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Fort Knox, Kentucky, replacing the terminally-ill Major General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. Devers reported directly to Marshall. He was responsible for inspecting...
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Tank, M24 – US supplied tank, called the 'Chaffee' in British service, named after General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. Tank, Medium, Mk.II – dug into ground with...
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for work by Heinz Guderian in Germany, Percy Hobart in Britain, Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., in the US, Charles de Gaulle in France, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky...
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the end of 1941. In mid July, Armored Force under Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. was formed to take over responsibility for tanks which had previously...
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Burroughs Louis H. Carpenter Leslie D. Carter Samuel P. Carter Adna R. Chaffee Jr. Adna R. Chaffee Harry Chamberlin Elijah Churchill William Cody Lemuel Cook...
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Louisiana, where Patton was an umpire, showed how far U.S. Army General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. had brought the development of American armoured doctrine. World...
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total design and full diameter of the patch. In 1940, Major General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. was promoted to lead the newly created Armor Forces which had evolved...
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Colonel Stephen G. Henry under the guidance of Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee Jr., for whom the headquarters building is now named. On July 1, 1957...
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to relative stagnation of armoured doctrine in the United States. Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., virtually alone, advocated for the future of armoured warfare and...
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Noble Holcomb, Company D, 2nd Battalion; Second Lieutenant Walter Joseph Marm Jr., Company A, 1st Battalion; Private First Class William D. Port, Company C...
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Dictionary". United States Air Force. Retrieved 12 July 2019. "Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. – 'Father of U.S. Armored Forces' | Armchair General Magazine -...
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informed Major General Adna R. Chaffee that he would succeed MacArthur as military governor in the Philippines. However, Chaffee would be subordinate to...
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in and/or have lived in Junction City include U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., inventor Amanda Jones, playwright Velina Hasu Houston, and wrestler...
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mechanized infantry force that was successful in World War II, and with Adna R. Chaffee Jr. he is recognized as a founder of the Army's Armor branch. General...
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Cavalry officers including Scott, Bruce Magruder, George S. Patton, and Adna R. Chaffee Jr. agreed to recommend its creation to George Marshall, the Chief of...
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platted in 1905, and named after Adna Chaffee, an officer in the Spanish–American War. A post office called Chaffee has been in operation since 1905....
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Parcells, American football coach, in Englewood, New Jersey Died: Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., 56, American major general The First Battle of Kiev began. Heinz...
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Railroads Michael P. C. Carns (1937–2023), U.S. Air Force general Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. (1884–1941), U.S. Army major general Walter D. Ehlers (1921–2014)...
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