Walter Bedell Smith

Untuk jurnalis, sejarawan dan pengarang Amerika, lihat Sally Bedell Smith. Untuk penerima Medal of Honor, lihat Walter B. Smith (Medal of Honor).

Walter B. Smith
Sekretaris Negara Tingkat Rendah Amerika Serikat
Masa jabatan 9 Februari 1953 – 1 Oktober 1954
Presiden	Dwight Eisenhower
Pendahulu David K. E. Bruce Pengganti Herbert Hoover Jr.
Direktor Intelijensi Pusat
Masa jabatan 7 Oktober 1950 – 9 Februari 1953
Presiden	Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower
Wakil	William H. Jackson Allen Dulles
Pendahulu Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter Pengganti Allen Dulles
Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk Uni Soviet
Masa jabatan 3 April 1946 – 25 Desember 1948
Presiden	Harry Truman
Pendahulu W. Averell Harriman Pengganti Alan G. Kirk
Informasi pribadi
Lahir	Walter Bedell Smith (1895-10-05)5 Oktober 1895 Indianapolis, Indiana, AS
Meninggal	9 Agustus 1961(1961-08-09) (umur 65) Washington D.C., AS
Suami/istri	Nory Cline (1917–1961)
Pendidikan	Butler University
Tanda tangan
Julukan	"Beetle"
Karier militer
Pihak	Amerika Serikat
Dinas/cabang	Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Masa dinas	1911–1953
Pangkat	Jenderal
Satuan	Cabang Infanteri
Komando	Angkatan Darat Pertama
Pertempuran/perang	Perang Dunia I Perang Dunia II
Penghargaan	Army Distinguished Service Medal (3) Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star National Security Medal (lihat di bawah)
Penghargaan Bronze Star Medal Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari (en) Kesatria Salib Agung Orde Singa Belanda Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (en) Grand Cordon of the order of Nichan Iftikhar (en) Croix de guerre (en) Croix de guerre 1914–1918 World War II Victory Medal Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class (en) Croix de guerre 1940–1945 (Belgium) (en) Order of Kutuzov, 1st class (en) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (en) Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (en) Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (en) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (en) Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (en) Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam El Alaouite (en) Legionnaire of Legion of Merit (en) Victory Medal (en)
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Jenderal Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 Oktober 1895 – 9 Agustus 1961) adalah seorang perwira senior Angkatan Darat AMerika Serikat yang menjabat sebagai kepala staf Jenderal Dwight D. Eisenhower di Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) saat Kampanye Tunisia dan invasi Italia oleh Sekutu pada 1943 saat Perang Dunia II. Ia menjadi kepala staf Eisenhower di Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) dalam kampanye di Eropa Barat dari 1944 sampai 1945.

Referensi

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• Crosswell, D. K. R. (1991). The Chief of Staff: The Military Career of General Walter Bedell Smith. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-27480-0. OCLC 22273487. 
• Garland, Albert N.; Smyth, Howard McGaw (1965). Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. U.S. Army in World War II: The War in the Mediterranean. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. OCLC 396186. 
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• Lee, Ulysses (1966). The Employment of Negro Troops. U.S. Army in World War II: Special Studies. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. OCLC 22126862. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-11-26. Diakses tanggal 2017-08-20. 
• Montague, Ludwell Lee (1992). General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence October 1950 – February 1953. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University. ISBN 0-271-00750-8. OCLC 22707456. 
• Mossman, B.; Stark, M. W. (1991). "CHAPTER XX, General Walter Bedell Smith, Special Full Honor Funeral, 9–14 August 1961". The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funerals, 1921–1969. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. OCLC 596887. Diakses tanggal 31 August 2010. 
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• Schifferle, Peter J. (2010). America's School for War. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-1714-0. OCLC 461324087. 
• Smith, Walter Bedell (1950). My Three Years in Moscow. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lippincott. OCLC 421156. 
• Smith, Walter Bedell (1956). Eisenhower's Six Great Decisions: Europe, 1944–1945. New York, New York: Longmans. OCLC 522963. 
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• Urseth, Leif H. (2010). Bedell Smith and Functionalist Dilemmas. Manhattan, Kansas: Kansas State University. OCLC 642824859. Diakses tanggal 6 September 2010. 
• Watson, Mark Skinner (1950). Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparations. U.S. Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. OCLC 19679393. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-12-13. Diakses tanggal 20 August 2010. 
• Ziemke, Earl F. (1974). The U.S. Army in the Occupation of Germany 1944–1946. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army. OCLC 81869288. Diakses tanggal 30 August 2010.