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Marshal of Italy Armando Diaz, 1st Duke of the Victory, OSSA, OSML, OMS, OCI (5 December 1861 – 28 February 1928), Italian General and a Marshal of Italy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Diaz

From the Wikipedia entry: "On November 8, 1917, he was called to succeed Cadorna as chief of general staff [of the Italian army]."

A cropped version of this photo appeared in Evening star., February 10, 1918, Image 51 with the caption: "This photo of Gen. Armando Diaz, who recently succeeded Gen. Cadorna as commander in-chief of the Italian armies, is his most recent one and has just arrived in this country. It was made since his appointment to the supreme command. (Copyright by International Film Service.)" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1918-02-10/ed-... The same was published in The sun., February 17, 1918, Section 4 Pictorial Magazine, Image 42 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-02-17/ed-...

B-59 and swanq: Thanks for the additional details for Diaz here. We will be sure to include some of this info. next time we update!

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"Armando Diaz, 1st Duke of the Victory, OSSA, OSML, OMS, OCI (5 December 1861 – 28 February 1928) was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy. He is mostly known for his role as Chief of Staff of the Regio Esercito during World War I since November 1917. He managed to stop the Austro-Hungarian advance along the Piave River in the Battle of Monte Grappa, and in June 1918 led the Italian forces to a major victory in the Battle of the Piave River. A few months later, he achieved a decisive victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, which ended the war on the Italian Front. He is celebrated as one of the greatest generals of World War I." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Diaz He sailed to America on the SS Giuseppi Verdi in October, 1921 to speak at the American Legion conference that year. timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/10/07/98750667...

Francesco Quattrone, High Commissioner and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Italian Embassy, and General Armando Diaz, 1st Duke of the Victory. Diaz was an honored Italian general during WWI. He arrived on the Giuseppe Verdi in 1921 on his way to the groundbreaking for the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City.

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