Major General Walter Bedell Smith

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkbp:birth_date 1895-10-05
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Indianapolis,_Indiana,_USA
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Walter_Bedell_Smith_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution NATO formation
Cold War policies
Post-war military organization
U. S.-Soviet relations
gptkbp:death_date 1961-08-09
gptkbp:education gptkb:Purdue_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General Walter Bedell Smith
gptkbp:influenced Military strategy in WWII
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:John_J._Pershing
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Potsdam_Conference
gptkb:Yalta_Conference
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:battle
gptkb:war
Intelligence operations
NATO meetings
D-Day planning
Veterans affairs
Military education reforms
Korean War negotiations
U. S. military policy
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Chief_of_Staff_to_General_Eisenhower
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:nickname Bedell
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Allied_Forces_in_Europe
gptkbp:position gptkb:government_agency
U. S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:rank gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:role gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Embassy
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:service_years 1914-1948
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Evelyn_Smith
gptkbp:successor gptkb:George_C._Marshall
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Bridge_at_Remagen
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