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- Mar. 05, 1990: Died:James M. Gavin
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Mar. 05, 1990 Gossip
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 69
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- <p> DIED. James M. Gavin, 82, legendary paratroop commander who
- became an early critic of the Vietnam War; in Baltimore. As an
- officer with the 82nd Airborne Division, Gavin parachuted with
- his troops during battles in Sicily, Normandy and the
- Netherlands and became known as "the jumping general." After
- retiring from the Army, Gavin twice served as President
- Kennedy's ambassador to France. After a 1967 visit to Viet Nam,
- he urged negotiations to end the war "by any means available."
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