Major General Lloyd B. Ramsey, U.S. Army Retired, A Memoir
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Lloyd Brinkley Ramsey was born in the small town of Somerset, Kentucky, on May 29, 1918. He was an outstanding athlete and quarterback on the championship high school football team and received a football scholarship to the University of Kentucky. After completing the four-year ROTC program with honors, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the regular army on July 1, 1940.
During his varied military career in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, he had the privilege of meeting and working with many world leaders, including Winston Churchill and several Presidents of the United States.
As a combat veteran in World War II, spanning a period from a defeat at Kasserine Pass in Africa to final victory at Hitler's Berchtesgaden, Major General Ramsey's story is told in the simple language of a hero who has minimized his own merits out of modesty. As Aide-de-Camp to British Field Marshal Harold Alexander and then as a front line battlefield commander, his memoirs are filled with vivid first hand accounts and descriptions.
From June 1969 to March 1970 he was Commanding General of the Americal Division of Vietnam. Two junior officers on his staff later became well known to all Americans, Major Colin Powell and Lt. Col. Norman Schwarzkopf. Major General Ramsey's combat career ended when he was seriously injured in the crash of his command helicopter deep in enemy territory.
The memoir of Major General Lloyd B. Ramsey is the story of a common man who is a part of the "Greatest Generation" and who typifies servicemen and women who excelled in both war and peace.
Major General Lloyd B. Ramsey, U.S. Army Retired
AWARDS
Decorations - Badges - Citations
Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Silver Star (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star Medal (with V (Valor) & with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Purple Heart (with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Medal (with 16 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
(with arrow head, amphibious landing, & 10 campaign stars)
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal (Germany)
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal (with 4 campaign stars)
Foreign Decorations
Member British Empire (MBE)
Croix de Guerre, a Pordre de Corps d' Armee (France)
Vietnamese National Order, 5th Class
Vietnamese Armed Forces Honor Medal
Vietnamese Gallantry Cross (with Palm)
Vietnamese Campaign Medal
Other
Combat Infantryman Badge
Presidential Unit Citation
Glider Badge
General Staff Identification Badge