• Lauris Norstad (March 24, 1907 – September 12, 1988) was an American general officer in the United States Army and United States Air Force. Lauris Norstad...
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    commands in 1957 were: Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) – General Lauris Norstad, United States Air Force Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR)...
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    20 November 1956 3 years, 132 days  United States Army 4 Norstad, LaurisGeneral Lauris Norstad (1907–1988) 20 November 1956 1 January 1963 6 years, 42 days...
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    missions, was assigned as the assistant for bomber operations to Colonel Lauris Norstad, Assistant Chief of Staff of Operations (A-3) of the Twelfth Air Force...
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    Milley – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (four awards) General Lauris Norstad – NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General George S. Patton – Commander...
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    veteran Lyle Mehrkens (1937–2018), Minnesota state legislator and farmer Lauris Norstad (1907–1988), Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR, NATO) and Commander...
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    Spaatz, head of U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific and General Lauris Norstad, assistant chief of Air Staff for Plans were noted as advocating for...
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    destroyed. LeMay consulted Arnold's chief of staff Brigadier General Lauris Norstad about the new tactics, but did not formally seek approval to adopt them...
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    Sulzberger has separately claimed that Karamanlis flew to New York to visit Lauris Norstad and lobby US support for a coup d'état in Greece that would establish...
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    United States. Zanuck, who was friends with Supreme Allied Commander Lauris Norstad, secured 700 United States Army Europe and Africa soldiers for use as...
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    July 1953 20 November 1956 3 years, 132 days U.S. Army 3 Norstad, LaurisGeneral Lauris Norstad (1907–1988) 20 November 1956 1 January 1963 6 years, 42 days...
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  • representative Dennis Newinski - Minnesota state representative and machinist Lauris Norstad - Supreme Commander Europe NATO (The 2nd highest rank by prominence...
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    Gürsel (far right) and USAF General Lauris Norstad (far left) at a Republic Day military parade in 1960....
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    unsuccessful. The Twentieth Air Force's Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Lauris Norstad, was aware of the change in tactics though and provided support. The...
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    Chiefs of Staff 1960–1962 Succeeded by Maxwell D. Taylor Preceded by Lauris Norstad Supreme Allied Commander Europe (NATO) 1963–1969 Succeeded by Andrew...
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    officials, led by Major General Curtis LeMay and Brigadier General Lauris Norstad, approved Erwin's award of the Medal of Honor in a matter of hours so...
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    consultant, Lou Harris, to work on the Pearson campaign and General Lauris Norstad publicly criticised the Conservatives for not meeting their NATO contributions...
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  • business executive, United States Ambassador to Ireland, bone cancer. Lauris Norstad, 81, American General in the US Army and Air Force, cardiac arrest....
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  • 1. The first commanding officer of AAFCE was U.S. Air Force general Lauris Norstad, commanding general of US Air Forces in Europe, Wiesbaden. AAFCE reported...
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    General Lauris Norstad to lobby for a conservative coup that would establish Karamanlis as Greece's leader; Sulzberger alleges that Norstad declined...
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  • February 2 – President Kennedy meets with NATO supreme allied commander Lauris Norstad, Joint Chiefs chairman Lyman Lemnitzer, and later with his cabinet....
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  • – (1838–1886) Norwegian-American soldier in the American Civil War Lauris Norstad – (1907–1988) American General in the United States Army Air Forces...
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    1948 17 March 1950 † 1 year, 294 days Hoyt Vandenberg - Norstad, LaurisGeneral Lauris Norstad (1907–1988) Acting 2 May 1950 9 October 1950 160 days Hoyt...
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    Notable commanders Robert L. Rutherford Patrick K. Gamble Richard E. Hawley William T. Hobbins Lauris Norstad George B. Simler Robert F. Titus Bud Anderson...
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    find another candidate. The AEC commissioners asked for Major General Lauris Norstad, the head of the Operations and Plans Division, but neither the Chief...
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    Cannon 16 October 1948 21 January 1951 2 years, 97 days 3 General Lauris Norstad 21 January 1951 27 July 1953 2 years, 187 days 4 Lieutenant General...
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  • Military offices Preceded by Matthew Ridgway Supreme Allied Commander Europe (NATO) 1953—1956 Succeeded by Lauris Norstad...
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    Affairs formed a subcommittee to draft legislation, with Major General Lauris Norstad, the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff for Plans, and Rear Admiral Arthur...
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    Japanese population centers favored by Arnold and his chief of staff, Lauris Norstad, Arnold decided he too needed replacing. He shut down operations from...
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    General Lauris Norstad visited Ottawa, in one of a series of visits to member nations prior to his retirement. At a news conference, Norstad stated that...
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