Mark W. Clark

(1896-1984) lived in Omaha. Military officer, college president, considered one of the top five U.S. Army commanders of World War II, he led the successful liberation of Italy and was commander of all United Nations forces during the Korean War, signing the armistice in 1953, served as president from 1954 to 1965 of the Citadel, the Charleston, South Carolina military school; appeared on cover of Time, October 4, 1943, June 24, 1946, and July 7, 1952. Consult Current Biography (1942) 157-159 and American National Biography, Vol 4 (1999) 940-942.

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