Brigadier General George A. Lincoln (1907-1975) served as professor of social sciences, USMA (1947-1969) and as chairman of the department (1954-1969). After retiring in 1969, he headed the Office of Emergency Preparedness until 1973.
His younger brother, Lieutenant General Lawrence J. Lincoln (born 1909, died 2000), graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1933 and was known as ‘Little Abe.” But George Lincoln was actually smaller than his brother, hence, Wilson’s observations about the elder brother: “‘Big Abe’ we called him, although he was ‘little Abe.'”
LINCOLN, LAWRENCE JOSEPH
- LTG US ARMY
- WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
- DATE OF BIRTH: 01/02/1909
- DATE OF DEATH: 06/27/2000
- BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 4513-B
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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