JEDBURGH Bank, Aaron

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Bank
  • FORENAME
Aaron
  • UNIT
OSS Jedburgh Team Packard
  • RANK
Major
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Bronze Star,Soldiers Medal,Croix de Guerre (France),Mention in Despatches (GB)
  • PLACE
France 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 23.11.1902 New York,New York
US Infantry
OSS instructor,Jedburgh Training School ME65
codename Chechwan
served Korea 1951
10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (C.O.) 1952
retired from Army 1958 (Colonel)
married Catherine Wagner 1948
Honorary Colonel 1st Special Forces Regiment
author "From OSS to Green Berets:the Birth of Special Forces"
died 1.4.2004 Dana Point,California
Riverside National Cemetery,Riverside,Riverside County,California
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