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Home Town Brooklyn
Last Address Kensington, MD
Date of Passing Jan 13, 2011
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Bruce Jacobs, 85, a veteran of three wars who in 1985 retired from the Army at the rank of major general and became a top official of the National Guard Association of the United States, died Jan. 13 at his home in Kensington. He had myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow disorder.
Gen. Jacobs joined the Army during World War II and served in the Pacific. He spent the next four decades in active and reserve duty and service in the Army National Guard, and many assignments focused on public affairs work. He was a Korean War veteran and went to Vietnam in the late 1960s as a special National Guard liaison officer.
In retirement, he spent 10 years with the National Guard Association, whose magazine he edited. He also served as executive director of the Historical Society of the Militia and National Guard, now called the National Guard Educational Foundation. He wrote several books of military history.
Gen. Jacobs was a native of Brooklyn. N.Y., and a graduate of New York University. He received a master's degree in diplomatic history from Georgetown University. He also was a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
He was a past president of the Army and Navy Club in Washington, served on the National Battlefields Commission and played a key role in the creation of the memorial in Vierville, France, commemorating the National Guard's role in the invasion of Normandy. His decorations included the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.His wife of 62 years, Shirley Klein Jacobs, died in 2009. Survivors include three children, Louisa Yates of Healdsburg, Calif., Martha Schilling of Edison, N.J., and Philip Jacobs of Bethesda; a sister; and four grandchildren.
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JACOBS--Bruce, Maj. Gen., 85, the first Historian Emeritus of the National Guard and the author or editor of books and articles on military history subjects, died after a long illness on January 13, 2011 at his home in Kensington, MD. He retired in 1985 after 42 years of active, Guard and reserve service. His honors included the Army Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Army General Staff Identification Badge.
He was a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. A native of Brooklyn, NY, and '42 graduate of Boys High, General Jacobs later lived in Park Ridge, NJ, and in Cleveland, OH before he and his wife settled in Alexandria, VA in 1971. He attended New York University and received a master's degree in diplomatic history from Georgetown University. Beloved husband to the late Shirley Klein Jacobs for over 62 years, he is also survived by two daughters, Louisa Yates of Healdsburg, CA (Richard), and Martha Schilling of Edison, NJ and a son, Philip H. Jacobs, of Bethesda, MD (Marjorie) and four grand-children. Burial, with full military honors, will be at Arlington National Cemetery
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (1968-69)
From Month/Year
November / 1968
To Month/Year
February / 1969
Description This campaign was from 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969. In November 1968 the South Vietnam government with American support began a concentrated effort to expand security in the countryside. This project was known as the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign."
This period covers the election of President Richard M. Nixon and a change of policy brought about by his administration after January 1969 when he announced a coming end to US combat in Southeast Asia and a simultaneous strengthening of South Vietnam's ability to defend itself. Formal truce negotiations began in Paris on January 25, 1969. The period can be characterized as marking time in preparation for an about face. Forty-seven ground combat operations were recorded during this period, the following being the most important:
(1). Operation NAPOLEON in the Dong Ha area initiated previously (1967) by Marine units, terminated on 9 December 1968.
(2). Operation WHEELER WALLOWA by 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and 196th Infantry Brigade (Light) in north-central Quan Tin Province. This ended on 11 November.
(3). Operation MACARTHUR initiated by 4th U.S. Infantry Division in II Corps tactical zone terminated on 31 January 1969.
(4). Operation COCHISE GREEN conducted by the 173d Airborne Brigade in Binh Dinh Province.
(5). Operation TOAN THANG II consisted of ground operations throughout III CTZ. This was a multi-division operation involving allied forces.
(6). Operation SEA LORDS was a coast and riverine operation. On 6 December Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT was started to disrupt enemy infiltration of materials from the "Parrot's Beak" area of Cambodia. Air operations continued to be important with over 60,000 sorties flown.
