Promotion And Controversy – The Meteoric Rise Of US General Mark W. Clark
Jan 1, 2016 Jeff Edwards
Granted, many in modern Texas may have never heard of General Mark W. Clark, also known as General Marcus Aurelius Clarkus by his subordinates. But for a period after World War 2, the State of Texas wanted nothing to do with the youngest man to be promoted to Lieutenant General in World War 2.
Many would deride him as inexperienced and out of his depth, but that wouldn’t stop the man from rising through the ranks to eventually become a full General by the end of World War 2 and the Far East Commander in the ensuing Korean War. Whether he was tactically sound or just politically proficient has become fodder for historians to debate.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/us-general-mark-w-clark.html/2
