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Jacob L. Devers

1887 - 1979

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Jacob Loucks Devers (; 8 September 1887 – 15 October 1979) was a United States Army general who commanded the 6th Army Group in the European Theater of World War II. He was involved in the development and adoption of numerous weapons, including the M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing tanks, the DUKW amphibious truck, the Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter, and the M16 rifle. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, Devers was commissioned in the field artillery in 1909. During World War I, he was an instructor at the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and the November 11 armistice ended the fighting before he received orders to go to France. He traveled to France soon afterwards, where he attended the French artillery school at Treves. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob L. Devers is the 1,825th most popular military personnel (down from 1,821st in 2019), the 7,866th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,159th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jacob L. Devers ranks 1,825 out of 2,058. Before him are Heinrich Hax, John Byng, Cort Adeler, Aleksei Evert, Dmitry Lavrinenko, and Sam Manekshaw. After him are Peter Pace, Walter Krueger, Eddie Chapman, Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, Henning von Holtzendorff, and Myronides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jacob L. Devers ranks 226. Before him are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Govind Ballabh Pant, Fartein Valen, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Edward Andrade, and Charles Marion. After him are L. S. Lowry, Jakob van Hoddis, René Maran, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Edith Sitwell, and Olga Oelkers. Among people deceased in 1979, Jacob L. Devers ranks 210. Before him are Maurizio Arena, Dorothy Arzner, Les Clark, Yervand Kochar, Corinne Griffith, and Jim Hutton. After him are Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Albert Préjean, Bernt Evensen, Ethel Lackie, Eduardo Astengo, and Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob L. Devers ranks 7,868 out of 20,380. Before him are Guinn Smith (1920), Imran Khan (1983), Alan Rachins (1942), Heather O'Rourke (1975), Mary Harrison McKee (1858), and Barbara Hammer (1939). After him are Jan Sterling (1921), Daniel DiNardo (1949), Susanna Thompson (1958), Kirk Alyn (1910), Leonard Slatkin (1944), and Wally Funk (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Jacob L. Devers ranks 124. Before him are Mickey Marcus (1901), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Eugene Sledge (1923), and Oliver Hazard Perry (1785). After him are Peter Pace (1945), Richard Bong (1920), John F. Reynolds (1820), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), John Eisenhower (1922), and James Wilkinson (1757).

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