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Mark Wayne Clark (May 1, 1896 – April 17, 1984) was a United States Army officer who saw service during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the US Army during World War II.
Mark Clark (born May 1, 1896, Madison Barracks, N.Y., U.S.—died April 17, 1984, Charleston, S.C.) was a U.S. Army officer during World War II, who commanded Allied forces (1943–44) during the successful Italian campaign against the Axis powers.
Mark W. Clark commanded the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy and the U.N. forces in Korea, where he signed the armistice in 1953. He was a cousin of George C. Marshall and a critic of the Soviet Union.
Jun 8, 2012 · A defense of Mark W. Clark, a controversial U.S. general in World War II, who commanded the Fifth Army in Italy. The article challenges the common criticisms of his personality, ambition, and competence, and argues that he was a representative general for his time and theater.
Dec 23, 2023 · Mark Wayne Clark (1 May 1896 – 17 April 1984) was a senior officer of the United States Army who saw service during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. He was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the United States Army during World War II.
Learn how General Mark Clark and his team secretly met a French general in Algiers to persuade him to cooperate with the planned American invasion of North Africa in 1942. Read about their dangerous escape from the French police and their deception of the Vichy regime.
Dec 16, 2023 · General Mark W. Clark (1896–1984) was among those army leaders who opposed mass incarceration of West Coast Japanese Americans on pragmatic grounds. He later commanded Nisei troops in the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team and remained a staunch advocate of those units and of Japanese Americans in general throughout his ...
