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Forrest was born in Memphis, Tennessee , the son of Nathan Bedford Forrest II and Mattie Patterson (Patton). On November 22 , 1930 he married Frances Brassler . They did not have any children. MILITARY SERVICE He graduated from West Point in 1928 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Cavalry . In 1929 he transferred to the Air Corps and subsequently gained rank rather rapidly. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in November 1942 . He was serving as chief of staff of the Second Air Force when reported Missing In Action on a bombing run over the submarine yards in Kiel , Germany , on June 13 , 1943 . His body was subsequently recovered and buried in Germany. Following the war, he was re-interred in Arlington National Cemetery . On the Kiel raid, his whole squadron, flying wing tip to wing tip, in a line ahead of and above the following squadron experiment, instead of the "box" formation, was wiped out in one sweeping head on fighter attack. His was a bad idea, as the collective guns of the following formations could not be brought to bear..(See the Mighty Eighth by Astor.) NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST III IN ALTERNATE HISTORY In Army chief of staff serving in Jake Featherston 's war. Instead of being proficient in airplanes, this alternate Forrest is an exponent of armored warfare, and along with an alternate George Patton leads the Confederate States on a string of stunning military victories in Ohio. When the war started turning against the Confederate States in the autumn of 1942, Forrest attempted to persuade Featherston to evacuate the Army of Kentucky from Pittsburgh and save the remnant of the Confederacy's offensive force. Rebuffed, Forrest then started plotting to overthrow the President along with Intelligence chief Clarence Potter. EXTERNAL LINK
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