William A. Mann
William Abram Mann (31 Juli 1854 – 8 Oktober 1934) adalah seorang perwira jenderal dalam Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat. Ia bertugas sebagai komandan Brigade Infanteri ke-17 dalam Perang Spanyol-Amerika tahun 1898 dan komandan Divisi Infanteri ke-42 ("Divisi Pelangi") pada Perang Dunia I.
William Abram Mann | |
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Lahir | Altoona, Pennsylvania | 31 Juli 1854
Meninggal | 8 Oktober 1934 Washington, D.C. | (umur 80)
Tempat makam | Arlington National Cemetery |
Pengabdian | Amerika Serikat |
Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
Lama dinas | 1875–1918 |
Pangkat | Mayor Jenderal |
Komandan | Resimen Infanteri ke-6 Departemen Dakota Depot Perekrutan, Barak-barak Jefferson, Missouri Resimen Infanteri ke-3 Brigade ke-1, Departemen Timur Brigade Kavaleri ke-2 School of Musketry and Field Artillery Militia Bureau Divisi Infanteri ke-42 Departemen Timur |
Perang/pertempuran | Perang Indian Amerika Perang Spanyol–Amerika Ekspedisi Pancho Villa Perang Dunia I |
Penghargaan | Silver Star |
Pekerjaan lain | Eksekutif, Equitable Trust Company of New York |
Setelah ia pensiun dari penugasan militer, ia menjadi eksekutif di Equitable Trust Company of New York. Ia menetap di Washington D.C., sampai ia wafat pada 8 Oktober 1934. Sebuah kapal pengangkut pasukan (AP-112) yang mengambil nama darinya, diluncurkan pada 1943 dan bertugas dalam Perang Dunia II, Perang Korea dan Perang Vietnam.
Sumber sunting
- U.S. Army Register, published by U.S. Army Adjutant General's Office, 1875
- Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time, Augusta Blanche Berard, 1886, page 50
- U.S. Army Register, published by U.S. Army Adjutant General's Office, 1888, page 266
- Historical Register of the United States Army, by Francis Bernard Heitman, 1890, Volume 1, page 450
- The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, published by Press Publishing Company, 1903, page 407
- Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 1903, Volume 1, page 687
- The Tribune Almanac and Political Register, published by the Tribune Association, 1906, Volume XVIII, No. 1, page 1866
- War Department Annual Reports, published by U.S. War Department, 1908, page 113
- Who's Who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, 1908, Volume 2, page 466
- Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States, 1913, Volume LII, page xii
- "Army Promotions, The Outlook, November 25, 1914
- "The General Staff, the North American Review, July 1917, Volume CCVI, page 230
- "New Army Board Named to Consider Relationship Between Department Commanders and Guard, Official U.S. Bulletin, June 28, 1917
- Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, Volume VII, October 1917 to March 1918, page 12
- "Rainbow Division Again in Review," New York Times, October 8, 1917
- "New Commands for Returned Officers," Los Angeles Times, January 3, 1918
- "Gen. Mann to Command Eastern Department," Hartford Courant, January 3, 1918
- "Gen. Mann Goes Into Bank for Overseas," Chicago Tribune, November 24, 1918
- Trust Companies News, Banking Publicity Association of the United States, 1918, volume 27, page 624
- America's Part in the World War, Richard Joseph Beamish and Francis Andrew March 1919, page 586
- Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, by George W. Cullum, 1920, Volume 1, page 203
- Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Albert Bushnell Hart, 1920, page 109
- U.S. Army Register, published by U.S. Army Adjutant General's Office, 1922, page 1198
- "Maj. Gen. W. A. Mann died at 80," New York Times, October 9, 1934
- Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill, Wilbur Sturtevant Nye, 1983, page 326
- U.S.S. General W.A. Mann Association web site, http://www.ussgenwamann.org/ Diarsipkan 2009-10-22 di Wayback Machine.
- Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, by John B. Wilson, United States Army Center of Military History, 1998, Chapter 3, end note 31
Jabatan militer | ||
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Didahului oleh: George W. McIver (Pelaksana jabatan) |
Kepala Biro Pertahanan Nasional 1916–1917 |
Diteruskan oleh: Jesse McI. Carter |