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Edward L. Rowny

Edward Leon Rowny (April 3, 1917 – December 17, 2017) was a U.S. Army Lieutenant General. He was a commanding officer in World War II and Korea, a military advisor to five U.S. presidents and a negotiator on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

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Gen. MacArthur designated the author as engineer of the Marine invasion at Wonsan, and told him to accompany the first wave. This would sharpen his mind, MacArthur said, "like an imminent hanging."