General Buckner
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Description:
General Simon Bolivar Buckner, (July 18, 1886 – June 18, 1945) was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army during World War II who commanded the defenses of Alaska early in the war. He was promoted to commander of the 10th Army, which conducted the amphibious assault on the Japanese island of Okinawa. He was killed during the closing days of the Battle of Okinawa, making him the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to have been lost to enemy fire during World War II.
Photo Collection:
P. & B. Parisi Papers
Photo ID:
UAA-HMC-0445-SERIES2-2-6
University of Alaska Anchorage Archives