Kenyon A. Joyce was a major general in the United States Army. He commanded the 1st Cavalry Division and later IX Corps in World War II.[1]

Major General LeRoy Springs Lyon (far left), commanding the 31st Division, with Colonel Kenyon A. Joyce, his chief of staff, and two aides, France, October 1918.

Joyce was a prominent cavalry officer in the early outset of the war and was a mentor to a young George S. Patton.[1] He later appointed Dwight D. Eisenhower as a chief of staff and is considered to have played a strong role in his development.[2] He had initially sought to promote Eisenhower to command of a division, but Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall favored him for staff postings.[3]

Joyce reached retirement age from the U.S. Army in 1943, at which point Eisenhower, by then a prominent officer in the European Theater, appointed him to the Allied Control Council for Italy.[4]

Joyce died in January 1960, aged 80, and a funeral service was held at Fort Myer.[4]

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  1. 1 2 D'Este 2002, p. 269.
  2. ↑ D'Este 2002, p. 170.
  3. ↑ D'Este 2002, p. 301.
  4. 1 2 Smith 2012, p. 161.

Sources

  • D'Este, Carlo (2002), Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, ISBN 0-8050-5686-6
  • Smith, Jean Edward (2012), Eisenhower in War and Peace, Random House, ISBN 978-0-679-64429-3
  • Generals of World War II
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