Chamberlin, Stephen, LTG

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Lieutenant General
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer
Last MOS Group
General Officer
Primary Unit
1948-1951, 0002, Fifth United States Army (5th Army)
Service Years
1912 - 1951
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Infantry
Lieutenant General
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Kansas
Kansas
Year of Birth
1889
 
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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
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section 3, Site 1968

 Official Badges 

Army Staff Identification Infantry Shoulder Cord US Army Retired (Pre-2007) Aide-de-Camp Aiguillette




 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1971, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

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.

   


WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945

Description
The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.

21 Named Campaigns were recognized in the Asiatic Pacific Theater with Battle Streamers and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medals.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

272nd Military Police Company

502nd Military Police Battalion

54th Military Police Company

118th Military Police Company

116th Military Police Company

48th Military Police Detachment (CID)

795th Military Police Battalion

Army Garrisons

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  2164 Also There at This Battle:
  • Aguirre, Carlos, SFC
  • Anderson, Morris, SGT, (1941-1945)
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