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  • Graduated from West Point, 25th in the class of 1912 (p. 33)
  • Promoted to Brig Gen shortly after MOH mission (p. 33)
  • Requested Capt. James D. Sumner, Jr., as his unofficial aide-de-camp, still on Patton's staff (p. 33)
  • Blunt, "crass personality", intelligent, highly disciplined, by the book, "22 dash Wilbur" (infantry field manual was 225), not well liked by the officers under him (p. 33)
  • Friends with Keyes (II Corps commander), spent time together in North Africa in 1943 with Patton (p. 88)
  • Was on Gen. Mark Wayne Clark's staff at Salerno (p. 95)
  • September 15, 1943 - replaced Brig. Gen Otto F. Lange as assistant division commander, 36th Infantry (p. 33)
  • Thought the Rapido crossing was a mistake (p. 33)
  • January 20, 1944, crossing of the Rapido, sent by Walker to the 141st Regiment command post to oversee the battle (p. 32)
  • Observed the first attack from area of Company F, 141st (page 57)
  • Morning of January 21 ordered everyone on the American side to withdraw, those who crossed to dig in (p. 48)
  • Early morning of January 22, after 2nd attack, ordered 2nd battalion, 141st Infantry to move forward from their position across the river (p. 52)
  • late afternoon of January 22, sent by Walker to help the 142nd organize for a third attack, scheduled for 2:30 AM, Jan 23 (attack later canceled) (p. 84)
  • January 24, conversed with Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, who was investigating the battle's failure (p. 87) "The whole trouble is that you people in the rear do not know what goes on up here" (p. 88)
  • January 26, wrote report on 141st operations during the battle, said rifles not loaded (p. 87)
  • January 29, Gen. Clark (5th Army commander), decides Wilbur and others should be replaced, believed division morale was low and Wilbur was a "bad influence" (p. 94)
  • By January 31, Wilbur sent to hospital by Walker, Walker felt Clark was using him and others as scapegoats for the failure (p. 95)

Smith, Lee Carraway. A River Swift and Deadly: the 36th "Texas" Infantry Division at the Rapido River. Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, 1989 ISBN 9781571682222


Biography from Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers (1996), by R. Manning Ancell with Christine M. Miller, copyright (c) 1996, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT, 203-226-3571, www.greenwood.com. Wilbur, William Hale

Wilbur, William Hale (1888-1979) Born on September 24, 1888, in Palmer, Massachusetts. Attended Haverford College 1907-1908. Commissioned in the infantry from West Point in 1912. Attended Ecole Special Militaire 1919-1920 and Ecole Superieure de Guerre 1922-1924. Graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1932 and the Army War College in 1935. Chief of staff of VI Corps Area 1940-1941, then I Armored Corps, North African Theater of Operations 1941-1942 where he earned the Medal of Honor. Brigadier general in December 1942. Assistant division commander of 36th Division 1943-1944. Chief of staff of Western Defense Command 1945-1946. Retired in March 1947. Decorations included the Medal of Honor, Silver Star, two Legions of Merit and the Bronze Star. Died on December 27, 1979.


William H(ale) Wilbur

1888-1979


Nationality: American Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002. Entry Updated : 07/03/2001


BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY

"Sidelights" Wilbur speaks French and German, some Russian and Spanish.


PERSONAL INFORMATION Family: Born September 24, 1888, in Palmer, MA; died December 27, 1979, in Fort Myers, FL; son of John (a physician) and Edith (Smart) Wilbur; married Laura Girard Schieffelin, September 8, 1923; children: Mary S. (Mrs. L. H. Cummings), William H., Jr. (deceased). Education: Haverford College, student, 1907-08; U.S. Military Academy, B.S., 1912; graduate of Ecole Speciale Militaire, Saint Cyr, France, 1921, Ecole Superieure de Guerre, Paris, France, 1924, Command and General Staff College, 1932, Army War College, 1935. Politics: Republican. Religion: Presbyterian. Memberships: Military Order of the World Wars, Order of Lafayette, Rotary (honorary), Kiwanis (honorary), Army and Navy Club (Washington, D.C.).


AWARDS Military: Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit (two), Combat Infantryman's Badge; Knight Commander, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy); Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco).


CAREER U.S. Army, commissioned second lieutenant in 1912, served on active duty until retired as brigadier general in 1947; Cook County Jail, Chicago, IL, warden, 1950. Also in import-export business as Far East representative, 1947-49. Major Army assignments included chief of staff, Sixth Corps Area, 1940-41, commanding officer of 60th Infantry, Fort Bragg, N.C., 1941-42, other command assignments in North Africa and Salerno campaigns. Lecturer on education subjects and world affairs throughout United States. Member, Chicago Crime Commission, beginning, 1954; director, Defenders of American Liberties, beginning, 1962.


WORKS WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:


The Kochler Method of Physical Drill, J. B. Lippincott, 1918


Guideposts to the Future, Regnery, 1954.


Russian Communism: A Challenge and a Fraud, Caxton, 1964.


Freedom Must Not Perish, privately printed, 1964.


The Making of George Washington, Patriotic Education, 1970, 2nd edition, 1973.


George Washington, Architect of the Constitution as Perceived by William H. Wilbur, (based upon Wilbur's writings), by Henry B. Watson, Patriotic Eduction, 1981.


SOURCE CITATION

Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy2.library.arizona.edu/servlet/BioRC

Document Number: H1000106083