GEN Donn A. Starry, USA Ret.,1925-2011

摘要

GEN Donn A. Starry, USA Ret., a 1948 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y, who developed the Army doctrine integrating land and air forces known as AirLand Battle, died in Canton, Ohio, on August 26 after a long illness. He was 86. GEN Starry, who began his Army service as a private in 1943 during World War II, graduated from West Point in 1948 as a second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps and eventually became an armor officer. He served as commanding general of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) from 1977 to 1981 and commander of U.S. Readiness Command from 1981 until his retirement in 1983.