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Eastern Approaches
By Fitzroy MaClean
Lonely Courage: The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free Nazi-occupied France
By Rick Stroud
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 61023" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gavin</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James Maurice</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>505th Parachute Infantry Regiment</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colonel</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-17676</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Cross</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sicily, Italy, 11th July 1943</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.03.1907, Brooklyn, New York, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Martin Gavin (1866-1940)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Mary (nee Tyrell) Gavin (1875-1934)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1924 entered service as Private (Coast Artillery Corps)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1929 graduated U.S. Military Academy, West Point (2nd Lieutenant)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1929 married Irma Baulsir (divorced 1947)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1934 promoted to 1st Lieutenant</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1939 promoted to Captain</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1941 promoted to Major</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1942 promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, attended Command and General Staff School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1943 promoted to Brigadier General</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1944 promoted to Major General</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>op.Huskey, op.Avalanche, op.Overlord, op.Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1948 married Jean Caroline (nee Emert) Gavin (1923-2016) 5 children</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1955 appointed Chief of Research and Development, <em>promoted Lieutenant General</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1958 retired Army</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards <em>2 x Distinguished Service Crosses, 1 x Silver Star, 2 x Army Distinguished Service Medals</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1961-1962 American Ambassador to France</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 23.02.1990 (Aged 82), Baltimore, Maryland, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, USA. Section 10, Row L, Grave 235</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gavin.37301/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/37/37301-e75fb44a58c2db365768b87ca9d88d61.jpg?1658584109" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gavin-grave.37300/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/37/37300-0ce80636bdc2da7ae0caff2a9468b5ca.jpg?1658584108" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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