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I know of two who shot Germans:Maj Gen Matthew Ridgeway, whoknocked out several German tanks with his bazooka, and Maj Gen James Gavin, who was always on the front line it seemed carrying an M1. He must have killed at least one German, I would think.
As far as I Know: James "Slim Jim" Gavin, acting as commander of the 82nd Airborne killed at least one German during the fights in the Nijmegen area during the battle of Arnheim, it seems to me that it happened some 2/3 hours after landing.And also during this battle:The commander of The First British Airborne Division "the Red Devils", nonetheless; Roy Urquhart is known to have killed a German soldier with his pistol while hiding in a house in the city of Arnheim where he left General J. Lathbury (who had a shot in his back near the spine and kidneys). They got trapped in the outskisrts of the city and were forced to spend the night in hiding. Urquhart returned to the battlezone next day without having made contact with the troops in the Arnheim bridge, commanded by Lt. C John D. Frost. While Brigadier Lathbury was hidden by the dutch resistance and sent back through the German lines during the last days of october '44.
The Son of World War 1 President Theodore Roosevelt, Brigader General Tedyy Roosevelt Jr. was the assistant commander of several Infantry divisions and was a aprt of the Normandy Landings. In the opening phases of Operation Torch he was the assistnat commander of the Big Red oNe , the first infantry division and was seen chasing riders on his jeep with his crabine and was counted with several kills.