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Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 de octubre de 1895 - 9 de agosto de 1961) fue un general del Ejército de los Estados Unidos que sirvió como jefe del equipo del general Dwight D. Eisenhower en el cuartel general de los Aliados durante la campaña de Túnez y la invasión aliada de Italia.
General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 October 1895 – 9 August 1961) was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief of staff at Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) during the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943, during World War II.
30 de oct. de 2010 · This biography of Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's chief of staff, is one of the best. Smith has never received the attention and the credit that he deserves. A chief of staff is perhaps bound to be an unsung hero, but "Beetle" Smith was far more than just a tough and able administrator.
General Walter Bedell Smith. Special Full Honor Funeral. 9-14 August 1961. On 9 August 1961 General Walter Bedell Smith suffered a heart attack at his home in Washington and died in the...
Walter Bedell Smith suffered a heart attack on 9 August 1961 at his home in Washington, DC, and died in the ambulance on the way to Walter Reed Army Hospital. Although entitled to a Special Full Honor Funeral, at the request of his widow Mary Eleanor Smith, a simple joint service funeral was held, patterned after the one given to Marshall in 1959.
At the end of March, Eisenhower believed his headquarters was well on the road toward accomplishing its essential tasks: forming a supreme headquarters and lesser staffs and mastering all the details of organization, the assignment of personnel, and the vast problems of moving troops and supplies.
Walter Bedell Smith, (born October 5, 1895, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.—died August 9, 1961, Washington, D.C.), U.S. Army general, diplomat, and administrator who served as chief of staff for U.S. forces in Europe during World War II.
