Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway Dies; Commander in WWII, Korea From: The Washington Post | Date: July 27, 1993| Author: Bart Barnes | Copyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, 98, one of this nation's foremost military figures who led elite airborne troops in furious battle in Europe during World War II, commanded an entire Army in the Korean conflict and ended his career as Army chief of staff, died of heart ailments July 26 at his home in Fox Chapel, Pa.

During World War II, he helped organize the country's new airborne forces and led the famed 82nd "All American" Airborne Division in the invasions of Sicily and mainland Italy be...