1. Major General Bryant Edward Moore was a United States Army officer who commanded the 8th Infantry Division during and after World War II, and the IX Corps in the Korean War.
13 Facts About Bryant Moore
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Bryant Moore had three siblings: John Leroy Moore, Margaret Moore Coolidge and James Moore.
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Bryant Moore's father ran and then later owned Moore's Pharmacy on the corner of Water Street and Main Street in Ellsworth.
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Bryant Moore graduated from Ellsworth High School and was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated in August 1917.
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Bryant Moore was fluent in French and served as an instructor in the Department of Modern Languages at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from 1925 to 1929.
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Bryant Moore graduated from the Infantry School Commanding Officers' Course in 1930 and the Command and General Staff School in 1939.
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Bryant Moore was later promoted again and commanded the 8th Infantry Division in Europe.
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From 1949 until 1951, Bryant Moore was superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Bryant Moore died a few hours later from an apparent heart attack after having gotten help for the surviving pilot and crew, on February 24,1951.
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Bryant Moore was promoted to the rank of four-star general posthumously.
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Bryant Moore was buried in the cemetery of the US Military Academy at West Point on the Hudson River in New York, his body being one of the first to be repatriated to American soil during a war.
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Bryant Moore married the former Margaret "Peggy" King, from Ellsworth, and they had two daughters, Margaret and Barbara.
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Bryant Moore was well known for his diplomatic abilities as well as being fluent in French and an expert in military strategy and military science.