High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (May 3, 1916 June 5, 1995) was a Colonel, United States Army, retired, soldier and noted military historian. Born in New York, the son of noted military historian, R. Ernest Dupuy, Trevor very much followed in his father's footsteps. Trevor Dupuy attended West Point, graduating in the class of 1938. During World War II he commanded a U.S. Army artillery battalion, a Chinese artillery group, and an artillery detachment from the British 36th Infantry Division. He was always proud of the fact that he had more combat time in Burma than any other American, and received decorations for service or valor from the U.S., British, and Chinese governments. After the war Dupuy served in the United States Department of Defense Operations Division from 1945 to 1947, and as military assistant to the Under Secretary of the Army from 1947 to 1948. He was a member of the original Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) staff in Paris under Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Matthew Ridgway from 1950 to 1952.