Posted on Sep 15, 2016

General Creighton W Abrams II on serving in the United States Army

SGT John " Mac " McConnell

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Birthdays today : Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. (September 15, 1914 – September 4, 1974) was a general in the United States Army who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 which saw U.S. troop strength in Vietnam fall from a peak of 543,000 to 49,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly before his death in 1974. In honor of Abrams, the U.S. Army named the XM1 main battle tank the M1 Abrams. The IG Farben building was also named after him from 1975 to 1995.
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Thanks for mentioning and honoring US Army General Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. on his birthday SGT John " Mac " McConnell
Kudos to General Abrams for his many decades of dedicated service to this nation including commanding all military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968–72 and then serving s Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly before his death in 1974.

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