George Windle Read

George Windle Read was a Major General in the United States Army who was prominent as a corps and division commander in World War I. Read also oversaw the departure of US forces from Europe at the end of World War I as commander of the American Embarkation Center at Le Havre, France.

Read was born in Indianola, Iowa. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1883 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry.

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