Donald Wayne Riddle (May 13, 1894 - August 22, 1968) was a U.S. Army major, a university professor and author.
Born in 1894 in Kirkland, DeKalb County, Illinois, he was an associate professor at t...lihat lebih banyakDonald Wayne Riddle (May 13, 1894 - August 22, 1968) was a U.S. Army major, a university professor and author.
Born in 1894 in Kirkland, DeKalb County, Illinois, he was an associate professor at the University of Chicago when he entered the army air corps unit as a ground officer serving in Italy during World War II. By 1944 his unit had taken part in 15th air force operations in support of the Russians in the Balkans, the partisan fighters in Yugoslavia, the Fifth and Eighth armies in Italy and the Seventh army’s invasion of southern France.
Major Riddle was also an author of several book on topics such as Christianity, including Paul, Man of Conflict: A Biographical Sketch (1940), and historical studies on Abraham Lincoln, including Lincoln Runs for Congress (1948) and Congressman Abraham Lincoln (1957).
Riddle was married to Ruth Stommel Riddle (1897-1993). He died in 1968 in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois.lihat lebih sedikit