Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://wikidata.dbpedia.org/resource/Q6768196> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 54 of
54
with 100 triples per page.
- Q6768196 description "U.S. Army officer".
- Q6768196 description "U.S. Army officer".
- Q6768196 subject Q6939312.
- Q6768196 subject Q8739940.
- Q6768196 subject Q9704085.
- Q6768196 abstract "Mark James Alexander (January 23, 1911 – May 21, 2004) was a US army officer and paratrooper during World War II.Born in Lawrence, Kansas Alexander was the second of four brothers, all of whom would serve in the Army during the war. He worked his way through college and received a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas in 1939. While working towards a master's degree, the father of a friend convinced him that war was on the horizon and the United States would be involved. Instead of waiting to be drafted, Alexander signed up with the National Guard in 1940 as a private. He then passed a competitive exam and received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.By the end of 1941 he had volunteered for the paratroopers and was soon transferred to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia. The 505th soon became part of the 82nd Airborne Division.After the division was shipped to North Africa, Alexander became commander of the 2nd Battalion, 505th eleven days prior to the regiment's first combat jump. Within a year he led three battalions of elite airborne troops into battle in Sicily, Italy and Normandy and served as executive officer for two regiments. So skilled was he in combat, the generals often used him to fill holes in the lines, until he was seriously wounded and almost died during the Normandy campaign. He recovered and was promoted to colonel in the reserves after WWII, but the shrapnel that remained in his chest made him unfit for a career in the military.Alexander was also an artist who loved painting landscapes, avid fly fisherman, community leader and an adventurer who climbed many mountains and loved the outdoors.".
- Q6768196 birthDate "1911-01-23".
- Q6768196 birthYear "1911".
- Q6768196 deathDate "2004-05-21".
- Q6768196 deathYear "2004".
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q104680.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q10918728.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q1383594.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q1428.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q1438462.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q162333.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q163727.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q2111073.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q217981.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q2358.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q362.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q36908.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q493840.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q52371.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q52413.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q6939312.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q6960603.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q749387.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q83460.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q8641370.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q8739940.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q898886.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q9212.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q928670.
- Q6768196 wikiPageWikiLink Q9704085.
- Q6768196 dateOfBirth "1911-01-23".
- Q6768196 dateOfDeath "2004-05-21".
- Q6768196 name "Alexander, Mark J.".
- Q6768196 shortDescription "U.S. Army officer".
- Q6768196 type Person.
- Q6768196 type Agent.
- Q6768196 type Person.
- Q6768196 type Agent.
- Q6768196 type NaturalPerson.
- Q6768196 type Thing.
- Q6768196 type Q215627.
- Q6768196 type Q5.
- Q6768196 type Person.
- Q6768196 comment "Mark James Alexander (January 23, 1911 – May 21, 2004) was a US army officer and paratrooper during World War II.Born in Lawrence, Kansas Alexander was the second of four brothers, all of whom would serve in the Army during the war. He worked his way through college and received a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas in 1939. While working towards a master's degree, the father of a friend convinced him that war was on the horizon and the United States would be involved.".
- Q6768196 label "Mark J. Alexander".
- Q6768196 givenName "Mark J.".
- Q6768196 name "Alexander, Mark J.".
- Q6768196 name "Mark J. Alexander".
- Q6768196 surname "Alexander".