Talk:Creighton Abrams

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There is no mention that the current M1-Abrams tank is named for Creighton Abrams. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.150.135.72 (talk • contribs) 15:11, 10 July 2006.
 * That shouldn't be surprising. Creighton Abrams had nothing to do with the tank. That bit of information is already on the M1 Abrams article. --Scottie theNerd 15:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't have anything against the M1 Abrams, and I was considering relocating it at the beginning of the article, but decided to leave that to you. The tank itself is not directly relevant to Creighton Abrams, and plenty of past leaders have modern weapons or vehicles named after them without being mentioned. Nonetheless, I don't see any problem with the current location of the mention, although I have removed an M1 tank image in one of the past edits. I think we can agree with that. --Scottie theNerd 08:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Proper use of rank. The American military does not hyphenate the ranks of general officers. Brigadier General, Major General, and Lieutenant General, not the British Style Brigadier-General, Major-General, and Lieutenant-General.

Death?
It says (Sep 15, 1914, Springfield, Massachusetts - Sep 4, 1974, Washington, D.C.) but that's his service record. When did he die? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pvt. Green (talk • contribs) 16:51, 1 April 2007 (UTC).
 * On 4/9/1974. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.79.29.112 (talk) 09:40, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

WWII Service
I think the article has not done justice to Arbam's service in World War II. He was one hell of a tanker and probably among the top one or two American tank aces of the war. -Triple C —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.136.177.43 (talk) 16:22, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Can someone tell me, what sort of citation is needed to explain that the German forces had better tanks than the US did, in WWII?


 * Compile a list of reliable sources on tanks of WWII from authoritative experts. My impression was that the Germans had a smaller number of better tanks but hurt their logistics by introducing bigger-and-better models in smaller-and-smaller numbers, while the USA and USSR concentrated on mass production of good but not outstanding models that could be maintained in force in the field. But my impression is from "coffee table" books and TV documentaries, hardly notable reliable sources. Naaman Brown (talk) 14:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

It'd be good to start a general topic for comparing the tanks of WW2, for sake of outsourcing the citation. It seems crazy to list Tiger vs. M4 Sherman stats in an article about Abrams.

First to die in office?
Was he not retired by Gen. Wickham, while Abrams was on his deathbed, in order to give his spouse better benefits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1003:b019:d33f::103 (talk • contribs)

Converted from what?
"Abrams converted to Catholicism during his time in Vietnam."

Converted from what? ---Dagme (talk) 16:50, 4 January 2015 (UTC)


 * The article now says that he had been a Methodist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.79.29.112 (talk) 12:27, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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