Edward Almond
Edward Mallory "Ned" Almond (December 12, 1892 – June 11, 1979) was a controversial United States Army general best known as the commander of the Army's X Corps during the Korean War.
Read more about Edward Almond: Early Biography, World War II and Postwar Occupation in Japan, Korean War and X Corps, Post Korea, Decorations, In Popular Culture
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