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General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955).
Matthew Bunker Ridgway (born March 3, 1895, Fort Monroe [Hampton], Virginia, U.S.—died July 26, 1993, Fox Chapel, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. Army officer who planned and executed the first major airborne assault in U.S. military history with the attack on Sicily in July 1943.
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway had an unenviable task when he took over as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) from General Eisenhower. It was never going to be easy to fill the boots of the universally admired “saviour of Europe,” even for “the man who saved Korea.”
Jul 21, 2017 · Matthew B. Ridgway, who brought a beaten Eighth Army back from disaster in 1951, was a thinking—and fighting—man's soldier.
Oct 3, 2019 · Korean War: General Matthew Ridgway. Matthew Ridgway (March 3, 1895–July 26, 1993) was a US Army commander who led the United Nations troops in Korea in 1951. He later served as Chief of Staff of the US Army, where he advised against American intervention in Vietnam.
Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway visiting a Marine command post in the Wanju-Hoen sector of Korea in March 1951. His trademark grenade holds close to his shoulder. “Marshall, there’s a new Army general here who says he is going to turn this Army around and even show us Marines how to pull things together,” Puller growled.
Mar 4, 2013 · Matthew Ridgway died in 1993 at the age of 98, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. “No soldier ever performed his duty better than this man,” said General Colin Powell, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a graveside eulogy.
