Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Mark Wayne Clark (May 1, 1896 – April 17, 1984) was a senior American general during World War II and the Korean War and was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the United States Army.During World War I, he commanded a company of soldiers in 1917 and was seriously wounded by shrapnel. After the war, Clark’s abilities were noticed by future U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall. During World War II, he commanded the U.S. Fifth Army, and later the Fifteenth Army Group, in the Italian campaign. He is known for leading the Fifth Army in its capture of Rome in June 1944.Clark has been heavily criticized for ignoring the orders of his superior officer, British Army General Harold Alexander, and for allowing the German 10th Army to slip away in his drive to take Rome, the capital of Italy but a strategically unimportant city. The German 10th Army then joined with their brother forces at the Trasimene Line. In 1945 Clark became the youngest American to be promoted to general.General Dwight David Eisenhower considered him a brilliant staff officer and trainer. Clark was awarded many medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second highest award.One legacy of the "Clark task force" he headed in 1953-55, which reviewed and made recommendations on all federal intelligence activities, is the coined term Intelligence Community."@en }
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- Mark_W._Clark abstract "Mark Wayne Clark (May 1, 1896 – April 17, 1984) was a senior American general during World War II and the Korean War and was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the United States Army.During World War I, he commanded a company of soldiers in 1917 and was seriously wounded by shrapnel. After the war, Clark’s abilities were noticed by future U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall. During World War II, he commanded the U.S. Fifth Army, and later the Fifteenth Army Group, in the Italian campaign. He is known for leading the Fifth Army in its capture of Rome in June 1944.Clark has been heavily criticized for ignoring the orders of his superior officer, British Army General Harold Alexander, and for allowing the German 10th Army to slip away in his drive to take Rome, the capital of Italy but a strategically unimportant city. The German 10th Army then joined with their brother forces at the Trasimene Line. In 1945 Clark became the youngest American to be promoted to general.General Dwight David Eisenhower considered him a brilliant staff officer and trainer. Clark was awarded many medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second highest award.One legacy of the "Clark task force" he headed in 1953-55, which reviewed and made recommendations on all federal intelligence activities, is the coined term Intelligence Community.".