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General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 October 1895 – 9 August 1961) was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower 's chief of staff at Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) during the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943, during World War II.
Walter Bedell Smith (born October 5, 1895, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.—died August 9, 1961, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Army general, diplomat, and administrator who served as chief of staff for U.S. forces in Europe during World War II.
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Jun 11, 2018 · General Walter Bedell Smith (1895-1961) distinguished himself during World War II as chief of staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Immediately after the war, he was the ambassador to the Soviet Union and, from 1950-53, he directed the Central Intelligence Agency.
Aug 5, 2012 · Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith, shown as a lieutenant general during World War II. As Eisenhower’s chief of staff, he was also the supreme allied commander’s chief hatchet-man.
usly significant early Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), Walter Bedell Smith. Smith arguably was CIA’s most successful and influential D. ector because of the legacy he left in most of the Agency’s major business areas. He not only reorganized CIA’s operational and analytic missions into the directorate system that defines the ...
Army general and diplomat (Oct. 5, 1895-Aug. 9, 1961). A native of Indianapolis, Walter Bedell (Beetle) Smith was one of the most distinguished military figures the city has produced. He attended Public School 10 and Manual High School and joined the Indiana National Guard in 1910.
General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief of staff at Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) during the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943, during World War II.
Walter Bedell Smith, (born October 5, 1895, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.—died August 9, 1961, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general, diplomat, and administrator who served as chief of staff for U.S. forces in Europe during World War II.
Oct 25, 2010 · 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...
On 9 August 1961 General Walter Bedell Smith suffered a heart attack at his home in Washington and died in the ambulance on the way to Walter Reed General Hospital.
