Gen. James M. Gavin. U.S. Army officer; he rose to lieutenant general, 1955. A military strategist who championed airborne operations & the flexibility to fight limited wars. In World War II, a paratrooper with 82nd Airborne Division, becoming commander, 1944; was in the Sicily & Normandy invasions. Retired from Army, 1958. U.S. Ambassador to France, 1961-63. Board chairman of research firm, Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1964-77. During his boyhood, he lived here in Mount Carmel.