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Willis Dale Crittenberger (December 2, 1890 – August 4, 1980) was a senior officer of the
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. He was a career soldier who served with distinction during the Italian campaign of
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Early life and military career

Crittenberger was born in
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, Maryland on December 2, 1890. After growing up in
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, he was appointed to the
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(USMA) at
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in 1909, graduating four years later on June 12, 1913 with the West Point class of 1913, two years ahead of fellow cadet, friend and infantry officer,
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. Crittenberger was then commissioned as a
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in the Cavalry Branch of the
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and his first posting was with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, then stationed at
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,
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. Among his many classmates were
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,
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, Richard U. Nicholas, Charles H. Corlett,
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, Robert M. Perkins,
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, William R. Schmidt,
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and William L. Roberts. Like Crittenberger, they were all destined to become
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s.


Between the wars

Unable to see service overseas in
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, where he remained in the United States training recruits, Crittenberger's advanced military education included the
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at
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,
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in 1924, the
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, Kansas in 1925 and the
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in
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in 1930. After assignments to
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, the 1st Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized)'s new home in 1934, he served on staff positions to the Chief of Cavalry in
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and, towards the end of the
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, realizing that the cavalry's role in any future conflict would be limited (as World War I and
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had proved), becoming increasingly interested in
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, and became
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for the 1st Armored Division. On August 1, 1935 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and, on June 17, 1941 to the temporary rank of colonel.


World War II

With the onset of the United States entry into
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, Crittenberger, with the rank of
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(having been promoted on July 10, 1941), was commanding the 2nd Armored Brigade of the 2nd Armored Division, under Major General
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. In February 1942, two months after the
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on December 7, 1941 and the
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declaration of war on the United States four days later, Crittenberger was promoted to the temporary rank of major general on February 16 and assumed command of the division while Patton was sent to command the I Armored Corps. His permanent rank was upgraded from lieutenant colonel to colonel on July 1, and, in August, after relinquishing command of the 2nd Armored Division to Major General Ernest N. Harmon, Crittenberger organized, trained and commanded the
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, then composed of the
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and 11th Armored Divisions, at Camp Polk,
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. Redesignated as XIX Corps in October 1943, Crittenberger brought XIX Corps to England in January 1944. In early 1944, General
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, the
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for the impending
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, initially selected Crittenberger as one of three corps commanders for the invasion. The others were Major General
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, commanding
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, and Major General
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, commanding
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. All three were well-known and trusted by General Eisenhower. However, Lieutenant General
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, whom Eisenhower selected as the First Army commander for the D-Day invasion, replaced Eisenhower's picks, seeking differing temperaments and commanders that had more combat experience. At the same time, Lieutenant General
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, Commanding General (CG) of the North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), was seeking a corps commander for the
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's IV Corps for the Italian campaign and Crittenberger was chosen. Crittenberger relinquished command of XIX Corps, briefly, to Major General Woodruff, who soon handed over to Major General Charles H. Corlett, a classmate from the West Point class of 1913, and departed England for the
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(MTO), assuming command of IV Corps from Major General
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, another West Point classmate, in Italy on March 20, 1944. Held in reserve during the early stages of the Italian campaign, IV Corps replaced the
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, under Major General
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, in the front line after the liberation of the Italian capital of
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in early June. Crittenberger's corps, coming under command of Lieutenant General
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's American Fifth Army (which, together with the
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, formed part of the
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/AAI, later redesignated as the
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, commanded by British General Sir Harold Alexander) later fought on through the
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, in some of the toughest and most difficult fighting of the Italian campaign. Having the 1st Brazilian Infantry and the 6th South African Armoured Divisions in its ranks, in addition to the United States 1st Armored, the 92nd Infantry and the
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s, Crittenberger's IV Corps were in combat for over 390 days, 326 of them engaged in continuous combat. Crittenberger commanded IV Corps, still part of the Fifth Army, now commanded by Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott (like Crittenberger, a cavalryman whom Crittenberger had taught while he was an instructor at the U.S. Army Cavalry School), after Lieutenant General Clark was promoted to the command of 15th Army Group, as the western arm of the Allied thrust through northern Italy (codenamed Operation Grapeshot) to the
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, capturing large numbers of German troops, and which ultimately ended with the surrender of the remaining German forces in Italy on May 2, 1945. The
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came soon after, as did a promotion for Crittenberger to the temporary rank of lieutenant general on June 3, followed by the
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on September 2, 1945, almost exactly six years since the war had begun. During the campaign in Italy Crittenberger operated alongside Major General
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, another of Crittenberger's West Point classmates, who was commanding II Corps.


Postwar career

In the postwar years Crittenberger, whose permanent rank was advanced from colonel to brigadier general on June 23, 1946, commanded the Caribbean Defense Command, including the
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, then in 1947, became first commander-in-chief of United States Caribbean Command, a regional unified theater command and predecessor to today's
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. January 24, 1948 saw his permanent rank promoted to major general. After a two-year stint as Commanding General of the First Army, at
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,
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,
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, Crittenberger concluded his active duty military career in December 1952, leaving
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with a ticker tape parade up Broadway.


Civilian career

In retirement, Crittenberger advised President Dwight D. Eisenhower on national security matters. Crittenberger served as president of the United States Military Academy Association of Graduates from 1955 to 1958 and president of the Greater New York Fund. Crittenberger was Chairman of the Free Europe Committee for three years, from 1956 to 1959.


Family

Crittenberger married Josephine Frost Woodhull (1894–1978) on June 23, 1918. Two of his three sons served in the
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and died in combat. Corporal Townsend Woodhull Crittenberger (born May 13, 1925) was killed in action during the
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crossing on March 25, 1945 during the final days of World War II, aged just 19. Colonel Dale Jackson Crittenberger (USMA 1950) (born May 27, 1927) commanding the 3rd Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division during the
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was killed in a mid-air collision on September 17, 1969 while directing combat operations, aged 42. Dale served as a White House military aide to President Eisenhower in 1959 and as a newly commissioned major received his new badge of rank from his father's old friend, the President. A third son, Willis D. Crittenberger, Jr. (USMA 1942) also served in the United States Army in World War II with the 10th Armored Division, rising from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel during the war, retiring as a major general. He later was a spokesman for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Lieutenant General Willis Dale Crittenberger died in Chevy Chase, Maryland on August 4, 1980 at the age of 89. He was buried at
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, Virginia with his wife and sons, Townsend and Dale.


Decorations


Books

* ''The final campaign across Italy''; 1952 – His memoirs as commander of US Army IV Corps * ''Some thoughts on civil defense''; 1954 4pgs Essay * ''Debrief report''; 1967 Dept. of the Army – Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam Artillery 21pgs report


References


Further reading

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External links

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Arlington National Cemetery page for Lt. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger
* ttp://www.xixcorps.nl/ XIX Corps Websitebr>Generals of World War II
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