Lenihan, Michael J., 1865-1958

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1865-05-02 - 1958-08-13

Biographical / Historical

Upon graduation from the U.S. Military Academy in 1887, Lenihan went out to Fort Assinniboine, Montana, then Indian Territory; thence to Cuba and the Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War; to the Hawaiian Department; and in 1917 to France as a Brigadier General with the 83rd Infantry Brigade of the 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division). While in France, General Lenihan participated in the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Champagne, and Meuse-Argonne campaigns. He retired from the Army in 1929.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Army Organization, 1922 Jul 11

File — Box 8, Folder: 25

Identifier: RG-04- File 317

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

College curriculum items, including orientation materials, lectures, addresses, tactical, strategic, demonstrative, scouting and screening and operational problems, maneuver rules, fire effect diagrams, quick decision problems, directives, manuals, articles, historical presentations compiled by members of the Department of Intelligence on naval battles, and translations of the War at Sea, 1914–1918, and miscellaneous NWC publications.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1922 Jul 11

Found in: Naval War College Archives / Publications Office records