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Maj.-Gen. Charles A. Willoughby
CHARLES ANDREW WILLOUGHBY (March 8, 1892 - October 25, 1972) was a Major General in the U.S. Army, serving as General Douglas MacArthur’s Chief of Intelligence during most of World War II and the K...ver maisCHARLES ANDREW WILLOUGHBY (March 8, 1892 - October 25, 1972) was a Major General in the U.S. Army, serving as General Douglas MacArthur’s Chief of Intelligence during most of World War II and the Korean War.
Born Karl (or Adolph Charles) Weidenbach in Heidelberg, Germany to Baron T. Scheppe-Weidenbach and his wife Emma Willoughby Scheppe-Weidenbach of Baltimore, Maryland, he moved to the U.S. in 1910 and became a U.S. citizen, changing his name to Charles Andrew Willoughby. He enlisted in the Regular Army and served as a Private, Corporal and then Sergeant of Company O, of the Fifth United States Infantry, from 1910 to 1913. He entered Gettysburg College as a senior in 1913, graduating in 1914 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
He served as a military attaché in Ecuador, receiving the Order of Saints Maurizio and Lazzaro from Mussolini’s government, before becoming Douglas MacArthur’s Chief of Intelligence, accompanying MacArthur to Tokyo for the occupation of Japan during World War II.
Willoughby died in Florida in 1972.ver menos
Livros de Maj.-Gen. Charles A. Willoughby
Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring, Moscow, Shanghai, Tokyo, San Francisco, New York