General Walter Bedell Smith

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Walter_Bedell_Smith

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_officer gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Legion_of_Merit gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire gptkb:Order_of_the_Crown_of_Italy gptkb:Order_of_the_White_Lion gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army) gptkb:Order_of_Suvorov_(Soviet_Union) gptkb:Legion_of_Honour_(France) gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath_(UK)
gptkbp:birthDate	1895-10-05
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Indianapolis,_Indiana,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deathDate	1961-08-09
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:education	gptkb:United_States_Army_Command_and_General_Staff_College gptkb:United_States_Army_War_College
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Walter_Bedell_Smith
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:George_C._Marshall gptkb:Joseph_Stalin gptkb:Winston_Churchill
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Walter Bedell Smith
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank	gptkb:General
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:entomologist
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:United_States_Senator gptkb:U.S._Ambassador_to_the_Soviet_Union Chief of Staff to General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Roscoe_H._Hillenkoetter_(as_Director_of_Central_Intelligence) gptkb:W._Averell_Harriman_(as_Ambassador_to_the_Soviet_Union)
gptkbp:servedAs	gptkb:United_States_Senator gptkb:U.S._Ambassador_to_the_Soviet_Union Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander Europe
gptkbp:signature	Walter Bedell Smith signature.svg
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:German_Instrument_of_Surrender_(1945)
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Mary_Eleanor_Cline
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Allen_Dulles_(as_Director_of_Central_Intelligence) Alan G. Kirk (as Ambassador to the Soviet Union)
gptkbp:termEnd	Director of Central Intelligence, 1953 U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1949
gptkbp:termStart	U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1946 Director of Central Intelligence, 1950
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Italian_armistice_1943 gptkb:Victory_in_Europe_Day_celebrations_(1945)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6