Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson, 1915-2005

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Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson, 1915-2005

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Bio: Andrew Jackson Goodpaster (b. February 12, 1915, Granite City, Illinois-d. May 16, 2005, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general. Goodpaster served as White House Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1954 to 1961. He also held several Pentagon posts and and served as commandant of the National War College. He was deputy commander of American forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commander from 1969 to 1974, retiring a four-star general.

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L-R: Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, Gen. Maxwell Taylor, Gen. Earle Wheeler, Sec. Robert McNamara, President Lyndon B. Johnson, 7:30 pm meeting in the stateroom, aboard Air Force One en route from Washington DC to Honolulu Conference on the Vietnam War, 2/5/1966. Photo # a1880-17a by Yoichi Okamoto. White House Photo Office collection, LBJ Presidential Library, public domain.

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LBJ Connection: General, U.S. Army; Defense Liason Officer and Staff Secretary to the President, 1954-1961; Assistant Division Commander, 3rd Infantry Division; Supreme Allied Commander, Europe