Fox Conner

Fox Conner was a major general of the United States Army. He served as operations officer for the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, and is best remembered as a mentor to the generation of officers who led the Army in World War II, particularly as the man who made Eisenhower.

Conner was born at Slate Springs, in Calhoun County, Mississippi. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1894, graduated as a Second Lieutenant in 1898, and was assigned to the 1st Artillery Regiment.

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