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"Cowboy Pete" Corlett commanded 7 Division in the landings on Kiska and Kwajalein. Blessed with "quick wits and steely will" (Perret 1991), his direction of the Kwajalein invasion was as nearly flawless as a military operation can be. Shortly thereafter he was recalled and sent to a command in Europe. His corps was bloodied in the Hurtgen Forest and Corlett was relieved, ostensibly for medical reasons, but it was known that the 1 Army commander, Hodges, was upset by Corlett's failure to quickly clear the forest.
Taaffe (2011) describes Corlett as "abrasive, high-strung,
short-tempered, and unpolished" and reports that Bradley regarded
him as his own worst enemy. Corlett was apparently deeply
perturbed at the lack of interest on the part of senior commanders
in Europe in his amphibious experience from the Pacific, correctly
warning that artillery
stockpiles were inadequate and advising that LVTs should be used in the
Normandy landings.
| 1889-7-31
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Born in Colorado |
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| 1913
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Second
lieutenant |
Graduates from Military
Academy,
standing 81st in a class of 93. |
| 1917 |
Executive officer, Chief
Signal
Officer, France |
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| 1918 |
Director of Supplies |
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| 1922 |
Command and General Staff
School (graduating in the bottom half) |
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| 1927 |
Instructor, Command and General Staff School | |
| 1940 |
Colonel |
Chief of staff, IX Corps |
| 1942 |
Commander, Task Force Kiska |
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| 1943-4 |
Major general |
Commander, 7 Division |
| 1944-3 |
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Commander, XIX Corps,
Northwest
Europe |
| 1944-11 |
Relieved due to reasons of
health |
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| 1945 |
Commander, XXXVI Corps |
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| 1946 |
Retires |
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| 1971 |
Dies |
References
Command and General Staff College (accessed 2008-4-24)
Generals.dk (accessed 2008-4-24)
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