Lewis C. Beebe

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Lewis Charles Beebe
Born(1891-12-07)December 7, 1891
Ashton, Iowa
DiedFebruary 7, 1951(1951-02-07) (aged 59)
Faribault, Minnesota
Buried
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchOregon National Guard
United States Army
Years of service1916–1950
RankBrigadier General
Unit30th Infantry Regiment
57th Infantry Regiment
Fourth United States Army
Battles/warsWorld War I
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne

World War II

Battle of Bataan
AwardsPurple 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.

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]

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Lewis C. Beebe (1945). The Lewis C. Beebe Papers.
  3. ^ 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.

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