Lloyd Fredendall

Lloyd Ralston Fredendall was an American general during World War II. He is best known for his command of the Central Task Force landings during Operation Torch, and his command of the US II Corps during the early stages of the Tunisia Campaign. In February 1943, while in command of II Corps, his forces were defeated by forces commanded by German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and Generaloberst HansJrgen von Arnim in the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. After this setback, Fredendall was relieved of command of II Corps by Dwight D. Eisenhower and replaced by George S. Patton in March 1943. In spite of his relief, Fredendall was promoted to lieutenant general in June 1943, assumed command of Second United States Army and was greeted back home as a hero.

Lloyd Ralston Fredendall was born on December 28, 1883, at Fort Warren near Cheyenne, Wyoming. His father, Ira Livingston Fredendall was on active duty in the U.S. Army when Lloyd was born. Ira became sheriff of the town of Laramie before receiving a commission in the Quartermaster Corps during the SpanishAmerican War. As a result of his fathers connections in the service and with local and state politicians, Fredendall secured an appointment from Wyoming Senator Francis E. Warren to enter the class of 1905 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Fredendalls mother Evelyn McCusker , a domineering woman, accompanied the newly listed plebe to Highland Falls, New York. Described by a classmate as a very soldierly little fellow, but extremely goaty in mathematics, Lloyd performed poorly in the latter subject as well as general deportment, and as a result was dismissed from the Academy after just one semester.

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