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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.
1942-1946, 0002, US Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas
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US Army, Pacific (USARPAC) traces its history back to 1898, when the United States first became a Pacific power and American soldiers first arrived in Hawaii. Hawaii soon became a power-projection platform for military operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Fort Shafter was built in 1905-07 and in 1921 became the headquarters for the Hawaiian Department.
When Army and Navy forces in Hawaii and the Philippines came under attack on December 7, 1941, Hawaii quickly became a strategic hub. The Hawaiian Department became the Army component command under the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas. As the campaigns progressed, the command was designated US Army Forces, Central Pacific Area (1943-44); US Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (1944-45); and US Army Forces, Middle Pacific (1945-47). Its insignia, designed in 1944, depicted the axis of advance across the Central Pacific.