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    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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    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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    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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