Simon bolivar buckner jr. cause of death
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Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr.
1886-1945 | Brigadier General, U.S. Army
General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. is credited with fortifying and protecting Alaska during World War II and repelling the Japanese from the Aleutian Islands. Arriving in Anchorage in 1940, he used his drive and dedication to begin intense construction in preparing Alaska’s defenses and later received the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of making the Alaska Defense Command a credible military force and in reward for his Attu actions. One of Buckner’s projects was the construction of the military Port of Whittier and a railroad spur tunnel, now named for Anton Anderson, the chief engineer on the project. He became known as “The Silver Stallion of Alaska.” He left in June 1944, after significant numbers of troops were withdrawn from Alaska, to command the Tenth Army in the invasion of Okinawa, the last great battle of the Pacific campaign. On June 22, 1945, he was struck by shrapnel from a Japanese shell, only three days before the surrender of the Japanese garrison. He was the highest ranking U.
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Class of 1908
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(Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., Born July 18, 1886.)
Military History. —
Second Lieut., 9th Infantry, Feb. 14, 1908.
At Fort Sam Houston, Texas, May, 1908, to March 29, 1910; in Philippines, at Warwick Bks., Cebu, May 2, 1910, to June 5, 1912; at Fort Thomas, Ky., July 18, 1912, to March 21, 1914; at Laredo, Texas, March 24 to
(First Lieut., 9th Infantry, Aug. 5, 1914)
Nov. 20, 1914; at Washington, D. C., Assistant Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, Nov. 25, 1914, to
(Transferred to 27th Infantry, Sept. 1, 1915)
Sept. 27, 1915; on leave of absence and en route to Philippines, to Jan. 3, 1916; at Cuartel de España, Manila, attached to 8th Infantry, to Feb. 28, 1916, and with 27th Infantry to
(Captain, 27th Infantry, May 15, 1917)
Aug. 29, 1917; at Camp John Hay, Baguio, P. I., to
(Major, Temporary, Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Aug. 5, 1917)
Oct. 7, 1917; en route to U. S. to Nov. 20, 1917; at Kelly Field, Texas, commanding successiv
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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American lieutenant general (1886–1945)
For his father, the former Confederate Army general and Kentucky governor, see Simon Bolivar Buckner.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (SY-mənBOL-i-vərBUK-nər; 18 July 1886 – 18 June 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian forces in the Aleutian Islands campaign, including the Battle of Attu and the Kiska Expedition. Following that assignment, he was promoted to command the Tenth Army, which conducted the amphibious invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa in 1945. He was killed during the closing days of the Battle of Okinawa by enemy artillery fire, making him the highest-ranking United States military officer lost to enemy fire during World War II.[1]
Buckner, Lesley J. McNair, Frank Maxwell Andrews, and Millard Harmon, all lieutenant generals at the time of their deaths, were the highest-ranking Americans to be killed in World War II. Buck
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