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Lieutenant General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 October 1895 - August 1961) was a senior U.S. Army general who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief- of-staff at Allied Forces Headquarters during the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943.
May 8, 2020 · Now, Germany had been defeated and Lieutenant Walter “Beetle” Smith had helped orchestrate its surrender. Arlington National Cemetery honors his leadership in making VE day possible. General Smith's grave marker in Section 7 TO LEARN MORE. D.K.R. Crosswell, “Beetle: The Life of Walter Bedell Smith.” (University of Kentucky Press, 2010)
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 5, 1895, Walter Bedell Smith graduated from various military schools before graduating from Army War College in 1937. He was an army officer from 1910 to 1945, becoming major general in 1945 and later, general.
Feb 1, 2012 · Despite his contributions to twentieth-century American military and diplomatic history, the life and work of Smith have largely gone unappreciated. In Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith, D. K. R. Crosswell offers the first full-length biography of the general, including insights into his close relationships with Marshall and ...
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SMITH, WALTER BEDELL: COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR II DOCUMENTS, 1941-45. Chief of Staff, Allied Headquarters, North Africa, 1942-44; Chief of Staff, SHAEF, 1944-45; Chief of Staff, U.S. Forces, European Theater, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R., 1946-49; Commanding General, 1st Army, 1949-50; Director, CIA, 1950-53; Under Secretary of State, 1953-54; member, National Security Training ...
Feb 6, 2011 · D.K.R. Crosswell recalls the life of American General Walter Bedell Smith (1895-1961). General Smith, Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff from 1942 to 1945, served in the military for over forty ...
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Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith Famous memorial V Veteran Birth 5 Oct 1895. Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Death 9 Aug 1961 (aged 65) Washington, District ...
