Nathan Bedford Forrest III, Airman

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Brigadier General N.B. Forrest, III, U.S. Army Air Force, was born in Memphis on April 7, 1905 and was the was the first American General Officer killed in combat against the nazis during World War II. He died while participating ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan - Bedford - Forrest

MDCCCXXI - MDCCCLXVII

"Those hoof beats die not upon fame's crimson sod,

But will ring through her song and her story;

He fought like a Titan and struck like a god,

And his dust is our ashes ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan - Bedford - Forrest

MDCCCXXI - MDCCCLXVII

"Those hoof beats die not upon fame's crimson sod,

But will ring through her song and her story;

He fought like a Titan and struck like a god,

And his dust is our ashes ...