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Chamberlin, Stephen, LTG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Spring Hill
Last Address Newport Beach, CA
Date of Passing Oct 23, 1971
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Served as GEN Mac Arthur's G-3 (Plans and Operations) in the Southwest Pacific Area from Jan 1942 - June 1946.
He planned several major WW2 combat operations, including: the Borneo, Philippines, and New Guinea campaigns.
Last assignment was Commanding General of 5th Army from 1948 to 1951.
One of only 12 US Army officers to be awarded the Navy DSM for outstanding service during WWI, while he was assigned to the New Jersey Port of Embarkation.
The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.
