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Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. as Officer in Charge of the Sales and Disbursing Division of the Signal Corps. With unusual ability and skill, Lieutenant Colonel Gerow conducted the financial affairs of the Signal Corps and handled the negotiations with such tact and energy that Signal Corps property urgently needed was secured, inspected, and delivered to depots with the minimum of delay. Later, in the negotiations connected with the disposal of Signal Corps plants and stocks, he again performed his exacting duties in a highly meritorious manner, thereby rendering services of great value to the American Expeditionary Forces in a position of great responsibility.
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Commanding General of the French forces within the city. Major General Gerow's gallant action was an inspiration to the members of his command and reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.
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For gallantry in action against the enemy on 25 August 1944 in France. While fighting was still raging in and around Paris, Major
General Gerow, displaying marked valor, courageously drove through intense 20 mm machine gun and sniper fire to reach the city. Although many intersections were blocked
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President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel (Signal Corps) Leonard Townsend Gerow, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to
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Investigation. The resulting
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on 14 February 1942. On handing over the position of the Chief of War Plans
Division to Dwight Eisenhower, Gerow told him: "Well, I got Pearl Harbor on the book; lost the PI , Sumatra and all the NEI [
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degree in 1911. He was three times elected class president, and was the recipient of the "Honor
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Commandant of the Command and General Staff College
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615:General Staff. He was promoted to temporary
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1708:. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
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332:who served with distinction in both
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418:Leonard Townsend Gerow was born in
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1738:. New York, New York: Henry Holt.
892:After the war Gerow was appointed
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452:on 29 September 1911. His brother
265:Western Allied invasion of Germany
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1906:. Indiana University Press.
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1078:Mexican Border Service Medal
888:Portrait of Leonard T. Gerow
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1937:Arlington National Cemetery
1862:United States Army (1946).
1835:Taaffe, Stephen R. (2013).
1812:. New York: Penguin Books.
1520:"Leonard Gerow - Recipient"
1367:Order of Aeronautical Merit
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345:Virginia Military Institute
90:Arlington National Cemetery
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1352:Order of Military Merit
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694:Willis D. Crittenberger
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513:Meuse–Argonne offensive
343:A 1911 graduate of the
255:Siegfried Line campaign
226:Meuse–Argonne offensive
1900:Weigley, Russell Frank
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322:Leonard Townsend Gerow
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1751:Hinman, Jade (2014).
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763:. His citation read:
632:Dwight D. Eisenhower
566:Dwight D. Eisenhower
420:Petersburg, Virginia
61:Petersburg, Virginia
1980:Charles H. Gerhardt
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1450:. Virginia Heritage
1280:Order of Leopold II
1260:with palm (France)
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745:Charles H. Gerhardt
741:Clarence R. Huebner
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652:Army National Guard
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1736:A Soldier's Story
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