George Veazey Strong

George Veazey Strong was a U.S. Army general with the rank of Major General, who is most famous for his service as Commander of the Military Intelligence Corps during World War II.

George Veazey Strong was born on March 4, 1880 in Chicago, Illinois. Strong attended the Michigan Military Academy, graduating in 1900. Subsequently he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and was a graduate of Class of 1904, in which many of his classmates also later became famous generals, for example Joseph Stilwell, Lesley J. McNair, Robert C. Richardson, Jr., Jay Leland Benedict, Innis P. Swift, Henry Conger Pratt, Charles F. Thompson, Fulton Q. Gardner, George R. Allin, William Bryden, Walter R. Fulton, Pelhalm D. Glassford, Irving J. Phillipson, Donald C. Cubbison or Thomas M. Robins. He was also a graduate of Northwestern University Law School.

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