Edward Leon Rowny (April 3, 1917  December 17, 2017) was a United States Army lieutenant general who received the Army Distinguished Service Medal and fought during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Edward Leon Rowny (April 3, 1917  December 17, 2017) was a United States Army lieutenant general of Polish extraction. Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)
Silver Star (3)
Legion of Merit (3)
Bronze Star Medal (2)
Air Medal
Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Rowny commanded troops in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The Korean War (South Korean: Korean: 6.25 , ; Hanja: ; RR: Hanguk Jeonjaeng; North Korean: Korean: ; Hanja: ; MR: Choguk haebang chonjaeng, "Fatherland Liberation War"; 25 June 1950  27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United Nations, principally from the United States). During the Vietnam War Rowny tested the helicopter as a platform for the Army to fight insurgency. Assigned to General Douglas MacArthur, Rowny became MacArthur's spokesman and one of the planners of the landing of Inchon (September 15, 1950), which forced a North Korean retreat and enabled the taking of Seoul. 
