** Creighton Williams Abrams, American general ( b. 1914 )

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. graduated from West Point in 1936 and served with the 1st Cavalry Division from 1936 to 1940, being promoted to first lieutenant in 1939 and temporary captain in 1940.

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was promoted to general in 1964 and appointed Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, but not before being seriously considered as a candidate for Chief of Staff.

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 15, 1914.

All three sons became Army general officers: retired Brigadier General Creighton Williams Abrams III, retired Army General John Nelson Abrams and Major General Robert Bruce Abrams.

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At the urging of General Creighton Abrams, the U. S. Commander of Military Forces in Vietnam at the time, the M551 was rushed into combat service in Vietnam in January 1969.

By 1968, the new, or soon to be, US commander in South Vietnam, General Creighton Abrams had been notified that the 152mm shells were now available for the Sheridan.

Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Time.

Vice President Hubert Humphrey, President Lyndon Johnson, and General Creighton Abrams in a Cabinet Room meeting in March 1968

" He was a member of a distinguished West Point class that also included Creighton Abrams and Benjamin O. Davis Jr .. Westmoreland graduated as first captain-the highest graduating rank-and received the Pershing Sword, which is given to the most able cadet at the academy.

Westmoreland was replaced by General Creighton Abrams in June 1968, the decision being announced shortly after the Tet Offensive.

They were invited to dine with General Creighton Abrams, the current commander of all forces in Vietnam, whom Cronkite knew from World War II.

One of its most famous members was Creighton Abrams, who commanded the 37th Tank Battalion, then Combat Command B ( CCB ).

No consensus developing, General Creighton Abrams himself decided the issue in favour of Burlington.

On 9 June President Johnson replaced Westmoreland as commander of MACV with General Creighton W. Abrams.

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After the Vietnam War, division and brigade commanders determined that the U. S. Army needed elite, rapidly deployable light infantry, so in 1974 General Creighton Abrams constituted the 1st Ranger Battalion ; eight months later, the 2nd Ranger Battalion was constituted, and in 1984 the 3rd Ranger Battalion and their regimental headquarters were created.

Creighton W. Abrams watches Bob Hope at Long Binh in Vietnam.

Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the army of his time.

Screen names are also used to create a more marketable name, as in the case of Creighton Tull Chaney, who adopted the pseudonym Lon Chaney, Jr., a reference to his famous father Lon Chaney, Sr. On the converse, Nicolas Cage adopted this stage name instead of his real name, Nicolas Kim Coppola, in order to conceal the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of famous director Francis Ford Coppola.

For example, Lon Chaney Sr .’ s son Creighton spent a number of years appearing in minor roles before renaming himself Lon Chaney Jr. Actress Rebecca Isabelle Laemmle rechristened herself Carla Laemmle in reference to her uncle, Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle.

Lon Chaney, Jr. ( February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973 ), born Creighton Tull Chaney, son of famous silent film actor, Lon Chaney He was an American character actor known for playing monsters such as The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster and Count Alucard in the universal monster films.

Originally credited in films as Creighton Chaney, he was first credited as " Lon Chaney, Jr ." in 1935.

* James Creighton, Jr. ( 1841 – 1862 ), baseball player

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In 1905, he met and married 16-year-old singer Cleva Creighton ( Frances Cleveland Creighton ) and in 1906, their first child and only son, Creighton Chaney ( a. k. a. Lon Chaney, Jr .) was born.

Chaney's son Creighton, renamed Lon Chaney, Jr., became a film actor after his father's death, and is best remembered for roles in horror films, especially The Wolf Man.

* John W. Creighton, Jr., American businessman

Strikingly, the son of actor Lon Chaney, was billed by Hollywood as Lon Chaney, Jr., to capitalize on his father's success, even though he had an entirely different birth name: Creighton Tull Chaney.

Founded in 1883 by Captain John Baptiste Ford and John Pitcairn, Jr., as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at Creighton, Pennsylvania ; the company changed its name to PPG Industries, Inc., on 19 December 1968 to show its diverse offerings.

In 1828, he was elected the U. S. House of Representatives to fill the congressional seat vacated by the resignation of William Creighton, Jr. in the Twentieth United States Congress.