Innis P. Swift

Innis Palmer Swift was a Major General in the United States Army. He was the grandson and namesake of Civil War Major General Innis Newton Palmer, as well as the grandson of Brigadier General Ebenezer Swift. His four decades of military service culminated in his commanding a unit during the liberation of the Philippines in World War II.

Swift was born at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, the son of Major General Eben Swift and Susan Palmer. He graduated from West Point in 1904 and was commissioned in the cavalry. He served as aidedecamp to General John J. Pershing in the Philippines and then served in Mexico. While a First Lieutenant commanding C Troop, 13th Cavalry, he accompanied First Lieutenant George S. Patton on the hunt for Julio Cardenas, commander of Pancho Villas personal bodyguard. During World War I he served as Assistant Chief of Staff for the 86th Division.

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