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Title: Albert C. (Albert Coady) Wedemeyer papers,
Date (inclusive): 1899-1988
Collection Number: 83007
Creator: Wedemeyer, Albert C. (Albert Coady), 1897-
Collection Size:
141 manuscript boxes, 10 oversize boxes, 2 motion picture film reels, 2 albums, 72 envelopes, 19 phonorecords, 1 phonotape
cassette, 2 maps, memorabilia
(75 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Orders, plans, memoranda, reports, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia,
relating to Allied strategic planning during World War II, military operations in China, American foreign policy in China,
and postwar American politics and foreign relations.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
[Identification of item], Albert C. (Albert Coady) Wedemeyer papers, [Box number], Hoover
Institution Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1983.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
United States. Army--Officers.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Armed Forces.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--East Asia.
United States. War Dept. General Staff.
Phonotapes.
Phonorecords.
Moving-pictures.
| 1897, July 9 | Born, Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1918 | Commissioned Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army |
| 1919 | Graduated from United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
| 1919-1922 | Assigned to Infantry School and 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia |
| 1920 | Promoted to First Lieutenant |
| 1922-1923 | Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier General Paul B. Malone at Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
| 1923-1925 | Served with the 31st Infantry and 57th Infantry, Philippine Islands |
| 1925-1930 | Assigned to 12th Infantry, Fort Washington, Maryland |
| 1927-1930 | Aide-de-Camp to Commanding General, District of Washington |
| 1930-1931 | Served with 15th Infantry, Tientsin, China |
| 1932-1934 | Aide-de-Camp to Major General C. E. Kilbourne, Corregidor, Philippine Islands |
| 1934 | Attended the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
| 1935 | Promoted to Captain |
| 1936-1938 | Student officer, German War College, Berlin, Germany |
| 1938-1940 | Assigned to 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia |
| 1940 | Promoted to Major |
| 1940-1941 | Assigned to Training Section, Office of the Chief of Infantry |
| 1941-1942 | Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) Staff member, War Plans Division, War Department General |
| 1942-1943 | Promoted to Colonel (temporary), Brigadier General (temporary), and Lieutenant Colonel (permanent) Chief, Strategy and Policy Section, Operations Division, War Department |
| 1943 | Promoted to Major General (temporary) |
| 1943-1944 | Deputy Chief of Staff to Admiral Mountbatten, Combined Anglo-American South East Asia Command |
| 1944-1946 | Commanding General, United States Forces, China Theatre |
| Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek | |
| 1945 | Promoted to Lieutenant General (temporary) |
| 1946 | Promoted to Brigadier General (permanent) |
| 1946-1947 | Commanding General, Second Army, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 1947 | Special Envoy to China and Korea |
| 1947-1948 | Director, Plans and Operations Division, General Staff, United States Army |
| 1948-1949 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Combat Operations |
| 1949-1951 | Commanding General, Sixth Army, San Francisco, California |
| 1951 | Retired with rank of Lieutenant General |
| 1951-1956 | Executive Vice President, AVCO Manufacturing Corporation |
| 1952 | Chairman, National Citizens for Taft |
| 1954 | Promoted to General on retired list |
| 1956-1959 | Executive Vice President, Rheem Manufacturing Company |
| 1958 | Author, Wedemeyer Reports! |
| 1987 | Author, Wedemeyer on War and Peace (edited by Keith Eiler) |
| 1989, Dec. 17 | Died, Fort Belvoir, Virginia |