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Clay, Lucius Dubignon, Sr., GEN USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Marietta, Georgia
Last Address Chatham, Massachusetts
Date of Passing Apr 16, 1978
Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York
United States Army General. Born in Marietta, Georgia, he graduated from West Point in 1918, being commissioned an officer in Army Corps of Engineer. He taught civil and military engineering at West point (1924-28) and served on the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (1937-41). During World War II, he the youngest Army Brigadier General when promoted Director of Material, Army Service Forces Europe. On March 15, 1947, he succeeded General Dwight Eisenhower as Military Governor of Germany. During the postwar problems of Germany, he was a fair administrator, engineer by profession, who became the only four-star general who had never seen combat. He directed efforts to solve vital questions regarding food, housing, health, government and directed the Berlin Airlift (1948-49) to keep Berlin supplied with necessary materials. He retired in mid-May 1949, returned to the United States and went on be a productive businessman. He died at age 80 in Chatham, Massachusetts.
