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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. He served with General Staff Corps in 1940 and was secretary for the U.S. Combined Chiefs of ...
8. Mai 2020 · To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, today we spotlight U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith (1895-1961) who is buried in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery (ANC). The name “Beetle” Smith may not be as well-known as other names of World War II generals, such as Marshall, Eisenhower or Patton. However, Smith played a key behind ...
LT. GENERAL WALTER BEDELL SMITH. 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.
Walter Bedell Smith. Actor: To Hell and Back. As a brigadier general, Walter Bedell Smith was chief of staff in Europe to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, and he was the man who negotiated first the surrender of Italy and then of Germany. He was U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1949 and Director of Central Intelligence from...
1. Jan. 2010 · 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 Eisenhower. Meticulously researched and long overdue, Beetle sheds new light on Eisenhower as supreme commander and the campaigns in North Africa, Italy ...
Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 October 1895 – 9 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. Beginning in the next year, he was General Eisenhower's chief-of-staff at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in ...
