| LC control no. | n 2017022401 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lenihan, Michael J., 1865-1958 |
| Biography/History note | 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. |
| Birth date | 1865-05-02 |
| Death date | 1958-08-13 |
| Place of birth | Hopkinton (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Armed forces |
| Profession or occupation | Generals |
| Found in | Roosevelt scenes [1917-1918], 1917?: (Michael J. Lenihan; name not given) The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection...catalog, 1986: p. 81 (Brigadier General Michael J. Lenihan, standing with Roosevelt, his fellow-officer in the Spanish-American War) West Point Association of Graduates WWW site, viewed April 19, 2017 Memorial articles (Michael J. Lenihan; Michael Joseph Lenihan; Brigadier General, U. S. Army; born May 2, 1865 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts; died, August 13, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; West Point class of 1887; served in the U.S. Army for 42 years) |
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