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Bryan, Blackshear, LTG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Alexandria
Last Address Silver Spring, MD
Date of Passing Mar 02, 1977
Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York
He was in charge of all Japanese Internment Camps and German POW Camps in CONUS during World War Two.
Served as the US Army's first permanent Provost Marshal General. He turned the Office of the Provost Marshal into a post - war organization with charge over US Army military investigations, the Military Police and the US Army MP School.
From 1960 - 1965, he served as the first president of the Nassau Community College in Long Island, NY.
America's First Corps is a three-star headquarters that manages daily activities for more than 44,000 Soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and across the Pacific including Hawaii and Alaska.
America's First Corps' job is to "Deploy, Fight and Win" decisively in any environment to enhance security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. While deployed, America's First Corps commands all branches of service - Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines - as well as international forces.
America's First Corps possesses the capacity and capability to serve as a Joint Task Force, Joint Forces Land Component Command and Army Forces Headquarters: drive deployment readiness, shape the battlefield with deep fires, provide mission command to multiple divisions and enablers, leverage intelligence architecture, sustainment and maintain regional partnership.
America's First Corps' major subordinate commands include: 7th Infantry Division, 25th Infantry Division (Schofield Barracks, HI) and U.S. Army Alaska.
