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Benjamin Abbott Dickson
Benjamin Abbott Dickson (1897–1976), better known as Monk Dickson, was a United States Army colonel who served in World War II as an intelligence officer. He is best known for predicting the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. Early life Dickson was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Tracy Campbell Dickson and Isabella Kendrick Dickson (''née'' Abbott) on December 18, 1897. His father Tracy was a brigadier general in the United States Army, an 1892 graduate of the United States Military Academy and the Assistant Chief of Ordnance in the United States Department of War. Dickson had one older brother, Tracy Campbell Dixon Jr., who became an officer after attending West Point. Benjamin Dickson followed family tradition by enrolling in West Point in 1916. While attending the USMA, Dickson played for the football team and earned his lifelong nickname of "Monk" as he disliked mandatory chapel. Dickson graduated from West Point in 1918 and was assigned to the Mexico–United States bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the third-largest city in Massachusetts, the fourth-most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence, and the 12th-most populous in the Northeastern United States. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had a population of 699,162 in 2020. Springfield was founded in 1636, the first Springfield in the New World. In the late 1700s, during the American Revolution, Springfield was designated by George Washington as the site of the Springfield Armory because of its central location. Subsequently it was the site of Shays' Rebellion. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
