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First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: Raisin wineThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Diary of First Lieutenant Sugihara Kinryu: Iwo Jima, January-February 1945Cited 2 times
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📖 Definitions
Noun The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.
Noun An equivalent rank in other military forces.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Diary of First Lieutenant Sugihara Kinryu: Iwo Jima, January-February 1945
Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant.
First Lieutenant William T Fitzsimons, MD
From Clinical Nurse III to First Lieutenant
Beria, Stalin's first lieutenant
Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant
Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant
Beria: Stalin's first lieutenant
🆕 Influential since 2022
Lieutenant Edgar G. Tobin and the Great War: Texas' First Aerial Ace
The First Ottoman Capital as Seen by a Russian Officer: Lieutenant Alexander L. Kalusovsky’s Report on a Trip to Brusa in 1904
“A Distinctly Busy Man” – Lieutenant Colonel (Dr) Frederick Holles Brennan, First Officer Commanding of the 1st South African Irish Regiment, 1861–1927
📚 Books worth reading
Raisin wineJames Bartleman · 2008
Raisin WineJames K. Bartleman · 2007- 📕An Act to Designate the Facility of the United States Postal Service Located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the "First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building"United States · 2011
- 📕An Act to Designate the Facility of the United States Postal Service Located at 100 Commerce Drive in Tyrone, Georgia, as the "First Lieutenant Robert Wilson Collins Post Office Building"United States · 2011
- 📕A history and muster list of First Lieutenant Michael L. Shannahan's Detachment, Florida Coast Guards, C.S.ASherman Lee Pompey · 1976
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