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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lewis H. Brereton

1890 - 1967

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Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. A 1911 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he began his military career as a United States Army officer in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps prior to World War I, then spent the remainder of his service as a career aviator. Brereton was one of the few senior U.S. commanders in World War II who served in combat theaters continuously from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the German surrender, and he saw action in more theaters than any other senior officer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis H. Brereton has received more than 236,718 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lewis H. Brereton is the 1,606th most popular military personnel (down from 1,428th in 2019), the 9,321st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,234th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 1,606 out of 1,468Before him are James L. Jones, Edmund Kirby Smith, Suheil al-Hassan, Musa Gareyev, William J. Hardee, and Sékouba Konaté. After him are Augustin Bizimungu, Constand Viljoen, George Henry Thomas, Juan de Salcedo, Alif Hajiyev, and Salman Raduyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 208Before him are Alma Richards, Alice Joyce, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Ödön Tersztyánszky, Georges Tainturier, and Albert Zürner. After him are Samu Fóti, Bess Meredyth, Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, Angelo Zorzi, Fred M. Vinson, and May Allison. Among people deceased in 1967, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 238Before him are Anatoly Maltsev, Sig Ruman, Simo Puupponen, Jobyna Ralston, Alexander Aitken, and John Masefield. After him are Robert Daniel Carmichael, Nelson Eddy, Frederick E. Morgan, Carl Kempe, Constance Titus, and Holcombe Ward.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 9,321 out of 18,182Before him are Roger Smith (1932), Ellsworth Vines (1911), George Fisher (1970), Tress MacNeille (1951), Tom Vilsack (1950), and Mike Krzyzewski (1947). After him are Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Nicholle Tom (1978), Louise Lorraine (1904), Sam Simon (1955), N. C. Wyeth (1882), and Roscoe Lockwood (1875).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 152Before him are Thomas C. Hart (1877), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), John Schofield (1831), James L. Jones (1943), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), and William J. Hardee (1815). After him are George Henry Thomas (1816), Leonidas Polk (1806), John Buford (1826), Richard H. Anderson (1821), Earl Van Dorn (1820), and Sterling Price (1809).