Robert William Strong Sr. (March 12, 1890 – October 16, 1975)[1] was an American Brigadier General. He was a member of the class the stars fell on at West Point in 1915, graduating into the 2nd Cavalry as a Second Lieutenant. He served as a Major of field artillery in World War I, and served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army Forces in North Africa in World War II. He retired on March 31, 1950.
Strong's son, Robert William Strong Jr., became a Major General, serving as Chief of Staff for the Eighth Air Force. Another son, First Lieutenant Gordon Malin Strong, was killed in the Korean War in 1950.[2][3]
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- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=FEExAQAAIAAJ&q=%22robert+w.+strong%22+%2216+october%22&dq=%22robert+w.+strong%22+%2216+october%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zdx9Uo3pENHC4APtuIDwBw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA
- ↑ http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/2006/03/20/198227-funeral-notices/
- ↑ http://korean-war-casualties.findthedata.org/l/2242/Gordon-Malin-Strong
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- Cullum, George W. (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VI 1910–1920. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. http://digital-library.usma.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16919coll3/id/17964/rec/7. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- Cullum, George W. (1930). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VII 1920–1930. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. http://digital-library.usma.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16919coll3/id/24660/rec/8. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- Cullum, George W. (1940). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VIII 1930–1940. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. http://digital-library.usma.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16919coll3/id/19424/rec/9. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- Cullum, George W. (1950). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume IX 1940–1950. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. http://digital-library.usma.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16919coll3/id/22314/rec/10. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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