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J. Lawton Collins, 90, an aggressive hard-fighting Army officer who led American troops to key World War II victories as a general in Europe and the Pacific, died yesterday of cardiac arrest at...

James Lawton Collins (December 10, 1882 – June 30, 1963) was a major general of the U.S. Army who served in World War I and World War II, and was the father of Apollo 11 astronaut Maj. Gen. Michael Collins, USAF Reserve (ret.), and Brigadier General James Lawton Collins Jr.

Gen. J. Lawton Collins, a combat leader in World War IIa former Army Chief of Staff, died Saturday at his home of cardiac arrest. He was 91 years old. The New Orleans native had his first military ...

General Joseph Lawton Collins was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations, one of a few senior American commanders to do so. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the Korean War.

COLLINS, J. LAWTON: Papers, 1896-1975. Accessions A71-19, A76-17, A80-12, A80-12/1, A80-12/2, A81-22, A82-6, A86-19. The papers of J. Lawton Collins, army officer and business executive, were deposited in the Eisenhower Library in 1970, 1976, 1980, 1981, and 1986, by Mr. Collins.