Manton S. Eddy

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Manton S. Eddy

Manton Sprague Eddy (Chicago, May 16, 1892 - Fort Benning, April 10, 1962) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army.

1 Early Life
2 World War II
3 Post World War II
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early Life

Eddy graduated from Shattuck Military School in Faribault, Minnesota in 1913. He enlisted in the US Army in 1916. Thoroughly the infantryman, Manton Eddy served in France in World War I in rifle and machine gun units. Promted to major, he served in the army of occupation in Germany until 1919 when he returned to the USA. Relegated to captain's rank in 1920, Eddy married Mamie Peabody Buttolph a year later. During the interwar period, he was a member of the Infantry Board and an instructor of tactics at the Command and General Staff College.

[edit] World War II

The years of preparation and training returned great dividends to the Army. In 1941 Eddy became commanding officer of the 114th Regiment, one year later he was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the 9th Infantry Division in campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, and Normandy. As Commander of U.S. XII Corps, his units successfully held the southern shoulder of the German salient in the Battle of the Bulge. In april 1945, he returned to the USA because of illness. For his role in the capture of Cherbourg, Eddy was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

[edit] Post World War II

In the postwar period, General Eddy served again at Fort Leavenworth, this time as Commandant of the college. He was president of a review board which made a thorough examination of officer education and established the progressive branch, staff, and senior service levels of officer schooling. As Commander of Seventh Army, he presided over its transformation from an Army of occupation to one of deterrence. He retired with the rank of lieutenant general.

Manton S. Eddy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

[edit] References

Henry Gerard Phillips: The Making of a Professional: Manton S. Eddy, USA, Greenwood Press, 2000, ISBN 0-313-31183-8
"Manton Sprague Eddy" in Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 7: 1961-1965. American Council of Learned Societies, 1981.