october august united_states_army major general helped plan campaign okinawa campaign world war chief chairman graduate west_point commissioned graduated kansas assistant chief later chief negotiated responsibility military mapping survey globe divided united_states united_kingdom appointed chief engineer role involved planning campaign okinawa campaign fighting ended participated returned united_states chief year appointed army member wrote report known influential decision develop weapons deputy commander responsible conduct nuclear tests pacific chief forced retire suffered heart attack subsequently served chairman august july early life born kansas october son gilbert graduated bachelor_of_arts degree appointed west_point nebraska entered june world war course truncated class graduated early november ranked sixth class places commissioned second lieutenant armistice germany ended fighting november decided class complete studies remained west_point student officer june graduated assigned normal highly placed graduates time officers served overseas sent europe tour visited france belgium italy germany wars returned united_states september initially posted virginia promoted lieutenant october october sent fort bliss texas stationed camp travis texas june commenced studies graduated august degree engineering military assistant jacksonville florida reverted rank second lieutenant december common occurrence wake world war promoted rank lieutenant april married october posted panama canal zone returned united_states december august went camp student september instructor december assistant nebraska promoted captain february posted 6th engineers washington world war attended kansas august february graduation posted 7th fort alabama assistant chief staff assistant chief staff june assistant chief chief promoted major july lieutenant colonel september colonel june negotiated responsibility military mapping survey globe divided united_states united_kingdom agreement specified technical features scales formats allied servicemen common maps services post awarded appointed chief engineer specific request commander lieutenant general immediately involved planning campaign discovered navy marine_corps adequate map making units task undertaken army assigned task mapping photographic aircraft based aerial survey carried aircraft carrier based naval aircraft later promoted brigadier general november involved gathering engineer intelligence okinawa campaign operation olympic merged general army chief major general fighting ended deputy engineer united states far east command services pacific awarded legion merit september awarded second legion merit services september cold war returned united_states october chief november appointed army member following revelation espionage activities chief major general asked write report impact activities report concluded soviet_union nuclear production capacity equal actually superior yields numbers added soviets develop developed weapon memorandum known influential secretary defense ultimately president authorize crash program develop weapons deputy commander responsible conduct nuclear tests pacific succeeded chief considered capable engineer firm liked associates term post cut short suffered heart attack ultimately forced retire army served chairman august july consultant secretary defense later life early 1960s worked washington consulting firm lived maryland years wife died entered nursing home florida september died cardiac arrest august survived sons retired army colonel decorations legion merit services chief military distinguished service medal services chief oak leaf cluster services chief general headquarters honorary commander order british empire service chief military campaign star southern philippine campaign
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