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  • Title: Albert C. Wedemeyer papers
    Date (inclusive): 1897-1988
    Collection Number: 83007
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 149 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 14 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 2 motion picture film reels, 19 sound discs, 1 sound cassette, 2 maps, memorabilia (87.2 Linear Feet)
    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 post-war American politics and foreign relations.
    Creator: Wedemeyer, Albert C. (Albert Coady), 1896-1989
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983, with increments received in later years.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Albert C. Wedemeyer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1896 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 Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek
      Commanding General, United States Forces, China Theatre
    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 December 17 Died, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

    Scope and Content of Collection

    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 post-war American politics and foreign relations. Many documents contain classified markings; documents from the World War II era have been released and many have been declassified by the National Archives Records Administration.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    Sound recordings
    Motion pictures
    Officers
    World War, 1939-1945 -- China
    China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
    United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
    United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
    China -- Foreign relations -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- China
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- East Asia
    United States. Army
    United States. War Department. General Staff