Lucian
Truscott was
born in 1895. He joined the US
Army and
served under on the outbreak of the Second World
War he was serving under General Dwight
D. Eisenhower at
Fort Lewis in Washington.
Truscott
was sent to Britain where he worked with the Combined Operations Staff.
In August 1942 he was the principal US observer during the Dieppe
Raid.
Promoted
to the rank of major general, Truscott led the Northern Attack Group
in the assault of Morocco
in November
1942. Truscott also took part in the invasion of Tunisia
where he was Eisenhower's field deputy.
During
the Italian campaign Truscott led the 3rd Division at Salerno, Cassino
and Anzio.
Truscott
replaced General John Lucas as head of
the 6th Corps and led the troops that entered Rome on 4th June 1944.
Considered
to be an expert on amphibious
warfare,
Truscott directed planning and training for the invasion of France
by the 7th Army. Landing on 15th August 1944 he moved north and after
crossing the Moselle River he headed for the Rhine River.
Truscott
replaced General Mark
Clark at
commander of the 5th Army on 16th December 1944. He
succeeded George
Patton as
3rd Army commander and military governor of Bavaria in September 1945.
After retiring from the
US
Army Truscott
wrote the acclaimed war memoirs, Command
Missions (1954). Lucian
Truscott died
in 1965.
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