december october lieutenant general united_states_army served world war general army assistant chief staff staff officer charge plans operations born kansas december graduate west_point new_york world war aide camp major general commander new_jersey army officers received war attended command kansas served staff attended posted staff army hawaii assistant chief staff assistant chief involved vast construction program depots coastal defenses united_states rearmed prior entry world war january sent australia assistant chief staff general general headquarters role responsible planning overseeing execution major operations including new_guinea philippines borneo campaigns director commander retired september employed chief security arnold air force base tennessee died october early life born kansas december appointed west_point new_york entered march graduated june commissioned second lieutenant 16th infantry stationed san francisco regiment moved texas transferred 8th infantry february served fort william philippines promoted lieutenant july battalion adjutant october assistant post october january december june promoted captain acting june september world war united_states involved world war aide camp major general commander new_jersey officer charge troop movements march married daughter new_york corner madison avenue east 44th street simple ceremony attended sarah sister captain best man promoted major june distinguished service line profession dispatch officer port new_jersey army officers receive world war awarded citation read president united_states takes pleasure presenting medal stephen army exceptionally distinguished services government united_states duty great responsibility world war acting dispatch officer port new_jersey november september major displayed marked ability handling movements troops port assigning units detachments camps convoys ships thorough organization hard work arranged smooth working troop movements prevented congestion camps piers enabling transports sail appointed time appropriate number troops september appointed commander california appointed division assistant chief staff prepare role attended course following armistice germany sent tour france belgium wars aftermath world war reduced rank captain february promoted major july year later posted panama canal zone initially transportation officer returning united_states january joined staff georgia transferred 22nd infantry fort georgia february attended command kansas graduating honor graduate duty followed june july national_guard virginia july july washington camp perry ohio publicity officer served staff commanded battalion 22nd infantry attended july june graduation posted staff army hawaii serving assistant chief staff years major finally promoted lieutenant colonel august returning united_states july assistant professor military science tactics high schools los_angeles world war assistant chief construction branch time united_states embarking military buildup response international situation culminated outbreak world war september major component build vast construction program depots coastal defenses million allocated construction known assistant chief staff major general asked estimate cost house additional men estimate received head save cost moore decided paint disagreed grounds paint reduce maintenance costs president intervened directed buildings painted result order placed gallons imp gal paint resulting million budget promoted colonel february commenting war construction program wrote actually phenomenal standard set americans glory far dollars concerned construction effort hold marshall plan courageous performance charge emergency defeated expenditure millions long range picture january appointed assistant chief staff australia arriving air washington january soon chief staff australia major general successor lieutenant general promoted brigadier general february general arrived australia march supreme commander newly established included australia april formally established general headquarters appointed assistant chief staff highly rated members staff gang group officers escaped philippines outsider responsible planning overseeing execution major operations including new_guinea philippines borneo campaigns member staff later recalled outstanding staff quiet determined aggressive defending position challenged fine sense timing integration manipulated separate planning teams parallel paths objective necessary paths map change direction objective defined long run terms planners set basic sequence events major commanders participated planning process coordinating adjusting smooth conflicts considering huge distances involved necessity working humid heat islands performance apparent ease characterized operations reflected planning process occasions required sudden pressing shift direction delivered great patience met finely turned operational plan guarded position late differed planners brigadier general proposed landing bay thought bypassed felt risky newcomer known years took proposal directly approved furious fired military secretary challenges working australians mode planning entirely different approach found source frustration difficult extract information nonetheless established good working relationship australian deputy chief general staff lieutenant general began looking new chief staff replace lieutenant general considered rejected giving post deputy chief staff february briefly acting chief staff june services awarded september american major generals honorary commander order british_empire work australia later life june october director commanded receiving promotion lieutenant general january chairman general officer committee researched role race army produced report favoring continuation segregation maintenance limited number african americans serve uniform retired september employed chief security arnold air force base tennessee died orange california october buried section site arlington national cemetery wife sarah subsequently interred papers pennsylvania
Stephen J. Chamberlin