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Gerow, Leonard T. (Leonard Townsend), 1888-1972

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Person Name:	Gerow, Leonard T. (Leonard Townsend), 1888-1972
Role(s):	Related to 2 catalog description(s) Subject in 2 description(s) Personal Reference in 2 organization(s)
Biographical Note:	Leonard Townsend Gerow (b. July 13, 1888-d. Oct. 12, 1972) was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He received his commission in the infantry from the Virginia Military Institute in 1911, and advanced to the rank of brigadier general in October 1940, then to major general in February 1942, and to lieutenant general in January 1945. He served as commandant of the Command and General Staff School from October 1945 to January 1948, then as commanding general of the Second U.S. Army from 1948 to 1950. Gerow retired from military service in July 1950.

Leonard Townsend Gerow (13 Jul 1888 – 12 Oct 1972) was born in Petersburg, Virginia. The name Gerow derives from the French name “Giraud”. Gerow attended high school in Petersburg and then attended the Virginia Military Institute.He was became commander of V Corps on 17 July, 1943. This was the largest unit of troops in the European Theater of Operations. He played a major part in the planning of the invasion of continental Europe. He was the first corps commander ashore on D-Day assault on Normandy on June 6, 1944. The V Corps was comprised of two infantry divisions: the U.S. 29th Infantry Division and the U.S. 1st Infantry Division.

His tenure as commander of V Corps was from 17 July 1943 to 17 September 1944 and again 5 October 1944 to 14 January 1945. General Gerow kept close to his advancing troops in V Corps. He was the first American officer of the rank of Major General to enter Paris after it’s liberation by the 2nd French Armored and U.S. 4th Infantry. For his part in this campaign he was awarded the Silver Star.

Then Captain J. Milnor Roberts served as Aide de Camp to Major General Gerow.

Title	Map Carried On D-Day by Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, 1944
Creator	Gerow, Leonard Townsend, 1888-1972.
Date (text)	1944 June 6
Date (search/sort)	1944
Descriptive Note	Map of Normandy beachhead, 33.5 x 40 inches, labeled “Operation Map of the V Corps Attack and landing on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. This map was carried ashore on D-Day by Lt. General L. T. Gerow, then Major General and Commander of the V Corps, VMI Class of 1911”
Biographical Note	U.S. Army General Leonard Townsend Gerow (b. 1888 d.1972).
Manuscript Collection	Leonard T. Gerow Papers
Manuscript Collection (Sort Title)	Gerow, Leonard T., Papers
Manuscript Number	MS 0100
Digital Subcollection	Letters, Diaries and Manuscripts World War II
Subjects (People)	Gerow, Leonard Townsend, 1888-1972.
Subjects (Topics)	World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — France — Normandy.
VMI Class	1911
Guide/Finding Aid	http://archivesspace.vmi.edu/repositories/3/resources/592
Notes	This item is part of the Leonard T. Gerow Papers
Form/Genre	maps
Digital Publisher	Virginia Military Institute Archives
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Date Digitized	2015
Language	English
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Seventeen days after the at tack on Pearl Harbor in Decem ber, 1941, General Gerow was named assistant chief of staff, heading the War Plans Division. In a reorganization of the Gen eral Staff he was promoted to a temporary major general, and his successor was then Brig. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

General Gerow commanded the 29th Infantry Division at Fort George Meade in Maryland and then, in 1943, was put in command of the V Corps, which was part of the invasion fleet that landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in June, 1944.

After the war he was as signed as commandant of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and in 1947 he returned to Fort Meade to command the Second Army. He retired July 31, 1950.

Leonard Townsend Gerow did so well as a 1911 honor gradu ate of Virginia Military Insti tute that he was appointed second lieutenant of infantry in the Army a few months later, without examination.

He held a number of assign ments in the United States and in a foray at Vera Cruz, Mex ico, and won commendation for work in the Galveston storm of August, 1915.

Soon after this country en tered World War I in 1917 General Gerow was promoted to captain and was sent to France, where he became Signal Corps purchasing officer.

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Over the years between the wars he moved steadily up ward, serving at desk jobs in Washington, as commanding of ficer of the Signal Corps School at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and as assistant commandant of the Chemical Warfare School at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland.

General Gerow then served in the Philippines and in the American Concession in Shang hai. In April, 1935, when he was in the War Plans Division of the War Department General Staff, he was promoted to lieu tenant colonel.

Surviving are two brothers, Lieut. Gen. Lee S. Gerow, U.S.A., retired, of Washington and George R. Gerow of St. Peters burg, Fla.

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