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Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (May 1, 1896 – September 12, 1987) was Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During World War II, he was an Army general, serving in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the Army as a major general. His nephew, Michael Collins, was the command module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 that put the first two men on the Moon and would retire as a brigadier general from the Air Force.

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  • J. Lawton Collins
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  • Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (May 1, 1896 – September 12, 1987) was Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During World War II, he was an Army general, serving in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the Army as a major general. His nephew, Michael Collins, was the command module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 that put the first two men on the Moon and would retire as a brigadier general from the Air Force.
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  • 1917(xsd:integer)
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  • 1896-05-01(xsd:date)
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  • Chief of Staff of the US Army
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  • "Lightning Joe"
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  • Joseph Lawton Collins
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  • General J. Lawton Collins
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  • Place of burial
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  • New Orleans, Louisiana
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  • 20(xsd:integer)
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  • 1987-09-12(xsd:date)
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  • 35(xsd:integer)
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  • AIR ASSAULT TACTICS ETC.
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  • None
  • Gen. Omar Bradley
Years
  • 1947(xsd:integer)
  • 1949(xsd:integer)
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  • Gen. Matthew Ridgway
  • Gen. Wade H. Haislip
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  • gov.archives.arc.39048
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  • Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (May 1, 1896 – September 12, 1987) was Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During World War II, he was an Army general, serving in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His elder brother, James Lawton Collins, was also in the Army as a major general. His nephew, Michael Collins, was the command module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 that put the first two men on the Moon and would retire as a brigadier general from the Air Force.
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