"In 1953, General Ridgway received what he was to call "the toughest, most frustrating job of my whole career," his appointment as Army Chief of Staff. Seeing what he regarded as dangerous efforts to downgrade the role of the Army, he clashed repeatedly with Charles E. Wilson, the Secretary of Defense, and Adm. Arthur Radford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Finally, a few months short of his original retirement date, General Ridgway left the Army in June 1955."
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Military leaders from the United StatesMilitary leaders of World War IICommanders of the United States Southern CommandNATO Supreme Allied CommandersCommanders of the United States European Command
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Albin Krebs, "Matthew B. Ridgway Dies at 98; Leader of U.S. Troops in 2 Wars" in The New York Times (27 June 1993)
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