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Commander of the 35th Infantry Division in World War II
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Paul William Baade was born in Fort Wayne on April 16, 1889, and graduated from West Point in 1911. He served in France in the First World War with the 322nd Infantry, in the Meuse-Argonne. A brigadier general from July 1941, he took command of the 35th Infantry Division as a major general in February 1943, landed with it at Omaha Beach in July 1944, and led it through Normandy, the stand at Mortain, Nancy, the Battle of the Bulge, and across Germany to the Elbe. His decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, and three Bronze Stars. He retired in September 1946 and died in San Francisco on October 9, 1959; he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Sources: Military Hall of Honor; Military Times (Hall of Valor).