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Lucian King Truscott Jr. – amerykański generał z okresu II wojny światowej.

W listopadzie 1942 roku Truscott dowodził 9000 żołnierzami z 64. Dywizji Piechoty oraz 66. Pułku Pancernego podczas operacji „Torch”, gdzie podlegał dowództwu gen. George’a Pattona.

Truscott brał też udział w lądowaniu aliantów na Sycylii w lipcu 1943 roku. Wziął także udział w alianckim lądowaniu pod Anzio w styczniu 1944 roku. W sierpniu 1944 roku dowodził amerykańskim VI Korpusem podczas alianckiego lądowania w południowej Francji . Później otrzymał on dowództwo nad 5. Armią we Włoszech po gen. Marku Clarku, który z kolei dostał dowództwo nad 15. Grupą Armii. Po wojnie Truscott przejął dowództwo nad 3. Armią po gen. George’u Pattonie.

Truscott został awansowany na generała porucznika w 1944 roku, zaś 19 lipca 1954 roku na generała. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. Styczeń 1895 – 12. Listopad 1965
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Lucian Truscott: Cytaty po angielsku

“The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world.”

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Quoted in Command Missions, A Personal Story, New York, 1954,
ISBN 0-89141-364-2

“To a very high degree the measure of success in battle leadership is the ability to profit by the lessons of battle experience.”

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Quoted in Command Missions, A Personal Story, New York, 1954,
ISBN 0-89141-364-2

“I suppose men are born with traits that can be cultivated in the direction of leadership. But there is also no doubt that leadership can be cultivated The idea of any man being born an army commander or being born to be a theater commander, such as General Eisenhower, just isn’t so. The characteristics of leadership, necessarily has to have certain decisiveness and confidence come from knowledge based on studies and training. The fundamental thing is your basic knowledge, the development of your mind, and your ability to apply this knowledge as you go along your military career.”

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Quoted in Nineteen Stars: A Study in Military Character & Leadership, (CA: Presidio, 1971), by Edgar F. Puryear, Jr.— in answer to the question of whether leaders are born or made posed by author

“Character is what you are. Reputation is what others think you are. The reason that some fail to climb the ladder of success, or of leadership if you want to call it that, is that there is a difference between reputation and character. The two do not always coincide. A man may be considered to have sterling character. Opportunity might come to that man; but if he has the reputation for something he is not, he may fail that opportunity. I think character is the foundation of successful leadership.”

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Quoted in Air Force Journal of Logistics, March 22, 2005, Notable quotes.(Lucien Truscott)(Brief Article)