Lewis C. Beebe
Lewis Charles Beebe | |
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Born | Ashton, Iowa | December 7, 1891
Died | February 7, 1951 Faribault, Minnesota | (aged 59)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | Oregon National Guard United States Army |
Years of service | 1916–1950 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Unit | 30th Infantry Regiment 57th Infantry Regiment Fourth United States Army |
Battles/wars | World War I
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Awards | Purple Heart Croix de Guerre Distinguished Service Medal (2) |
Lewis C. Beebe (12 December 1891 – 2 February 1951) was an American brigadier general.[1][2][3] He was one of the survivors of the Bataan Death March. He was Assistant Chief of Staff of U.S. Forces under General Jonathan Wainwright during World War II.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Douglas_MacArthur_signs_formal_surrender.jpg/220px-Douglas_MacArthur_signs_formal_surrender.jpg)
Allied sailors and officers watch Douglas MacArthur sign documents during the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on 2 September 1945. Beebe is in the second row, third from the right.[citation needed]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Lewis Beebe (15 February 2006). Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The Lost Diary of Brig. Gen. Lewis Beebe. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-481-6.
- ^ Lewis C. Beebe (1945). The Lewis C. Beebe Papers.
- ^ Professor Louis Morton (15 August 2014). United States Army in WWII – the Pacific – Strategy and Command: the First Two Years: [Illustrated Edition]. Verdun Press. pp. 284–. ISBN 978-1-78289-397-4.
External links[]
- Lewis C. Beebe at Find a Grave
- A Brief Biography of Brig. Gen. Lewis C. Beebe – Osceola County Iowa Genealogy
Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1951 deaths
- American prisoners of war in World War II
- World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- Bataan Death March prisoners
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
- United States Army generals
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