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Article: Famed Army General James A. Van Fleet Dies
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- The Washington Post
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- September 24, 1992
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James A. Van Fleet, 100, an Army general whose record in two
world wars and later campaigns against communist forces in Greece
and Korea made him one of the nation's most respected military
leaders, died in his sleep Sept. 23 at his home in Polk City, Fla.
The cause of death was not reported, but he had been in failing
health since suffering a stroke a few years ago.
When Gen. Van Fleet retired from the Army in 1953, President
Harry S. Truman described him as "the greatest general we have ever
had."
In 1948, Truman had sent him to Greece to give military
substance to the Truman Doctrine, which stated that the United
States would oppose communist threats to Greece and Turkey.
Communist ...