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Fox Conner (November 2, 1874 – October 13, 1951) was a major general of the United States Army. He served as operations officer for the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, and is best remembered as a mentor to the generation of officers who led the Army in World War II, particularly as "the man who made Eisenhower". ==Early career== Conner was born at Slate Springs, in Calhoun County, Mississippi. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1894, graduated as a Second Lieutenant in 1898, and was assigned to the 1st Artillery Regiment.〔Cullum's Register of Graduates of the USMA. Vol. IV. pg. 646.〕 His first posting was to Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island. After brief assignments in Huntsville, Alabama and Savannah, Georgia he was sent to Cuba in January 1899 to serve with the U.S. occupation force during the Spanish-American War.〔 In August 1900 he was reassigned to Washington Barracks (today named Fort McNair) in Washington, D.C. He was promoted to Captain in 1901 and was transferred to Fort Hamilton, New York in November 1901 as commander of the 123rd Coast Artillery Company. He held this assignment until August 1905 when he began attendance at the Army Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He then served as adjutant of the Artillery sub-post at Fort Riley, Kansas from July 1906 to May 1907.〔Cullum's Register of Graduates of the USMA. Vol. V. pg. 600.〕 In September 1907 Conner was assigned to the Army's General Staff and also as a student at the Army War College from which he graduated in July 1911. He was then attached to the French 22nd Field Artillery Regiment in Versailles, France from October 1911 to October 1912.〔Cullum's Register of Graduates of the USMA. Vol. VI A. pg. 833.〕 Following his return to the United States Conner commanded Artillery batteries in the Western states and on the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition. In July 1916 Conner was promoted to Major and assigned to the Inspector General's office in Washington.〔 He was in this position when the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fox Conner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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