What army did the uncle of Jean Gordon command?
George S. Patton General George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a senior officer of the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
USS General W. H. Gordon (AP-117) USS "General W. H. Gordon" (AP-117) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II. After the war, she was transferred to the US Army and served as USAT "General W. H. Gordon". With the outbreak of the Korean War, she was reacquired by the Navy as a civilian-manned Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) vessel, and redesignated USNS "General W. H. Gordon" (T-AP-117). She served again under the same designation in the Vietnam War.