| 词条 | Richard T. Knowles |
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|name=Richard T. Knowles |birth_date= {{Birth date|1916|02|08}} |death_date= {{death-date and age|September 18, 2013|February 8, 1916}} |birth_place=Chicago |death_place=Roswell, New Mexico |nickname= Dick |placeofburial=Arlington National Cemetery |placeofburial_label= |image= |caption= |allegiance=United States of America |branch={{army|United States}} |serviceyears= 1942–1973 |rank= Lieutenant General |commands=I Corps Task Force Oregon 196th Light Infantry Brigade |unit= |battles= Vietnam War Korean War World War II |awards= Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Bronze Star Distinguished Flying Cross Purple Heart |laterwork= |relations= }} Richard T. Knowles was a United States Army Lieutenant General, who served as assistant commander of the 1st Cavalry Division and as commander of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade and Task Force Oregon during the Vietnam War. Early life and educationKnowles was born on 8 February 1916 in Chicago.[1] Knowles attended the University of Illinois and joined the ROTC program there. Military serviceKnowles joined the Army in 1942 and took part in the Normandy Landings. Korean WarKnowles took part in the Inchon Landings and was later awarded the Silver Star. On 10 February 1964 Col. Knowles was named as acting assistant division commander of the 11th Air Assault Division and nominated for promotion to Brigadier General.[2] Vietnam WarBG Knowles served as assistant division commander of the 1st Cavalry Division in 1965 during which time he supported the relief of the Siege of Plei Me.[3][4] BG Knowles served as commander of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade.[5][6] In July 1967 MG Knowles assumed command of Task Force Oregon into which the 196th was subsumed.[6]{{rp|107}} Post VietnamLTG Knowles served as commander of I Corps from 1 August 1972 to 17 July 1973.[7] He retired from the Army in 1974. Later careerKnowles served as a Republican representative in the New Mexico State legislature for 16 years from 1983 to 1998.[1] He died on 18 September 2013 at his home in Roswell, New Mexico and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[1] References{{ACMH}}1. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Lt. Gen. Richard T. Knowles dies at 96|publisher=Roswell Daily News|date=18 September 2013|url=http://www.rdrnews.com/archive/?p=84872|accessdate=1 November 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Knowles, Richard T.}}{{US-mil-hist-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Stelpflug|first=Peggy|title=Home of the Infantry: The History of Fort Benning|publisher=Mercer University Press|year=2007|isbn=9780881460872|page=257}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/I_4244495B2C2A4986AA494D9DBD0F303D|title=Vietnam: A Television History; Brigadier General Richard T. Knowles, assistant commander of the First Air Cavalry|publisher=Vietnam: A Television History|date=10 November 1965|accessdate=1 November 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.generalhieu.com/pleiku-2.htm|title=Combat Operations After Action Report Pleiku Campaign 23 October - 26 November 1965|publisher=1st Cavalry Division|date=4 March 1966|accessdate=1 November 2018|page=28}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Warren|first=James|title=American Spartans: The U.S. Marines : a Combat History from Iwo Jima to Iraq|publisher=Simon & Shuster|year=2005|isbn=9780684872841|page=234}} 6. ^1 {{cite book |last=Telfer|first=Gary|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967 (Marine Corps Vietnam Operational Historical Series)|publisher=History & Museums Division, United States Marine Corps |year=1984|isbn=9781787200845|url=https://archive.org/details/FightingTheNorthVietnamese|page=79}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lewis.army.mil/corps/CG-PastPresent.html|title=I Corps Commanders |publisher=I Corps|location=Joint Base Lewis McChord|accessdate=1 November 2018}} 4 : 1916 births|2013 deaths|American army personnel of the Vietnam War|United States Army generals |
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