誰是Robert Nelson Smith中將?
一位傑出的軍事領袖
Robert Nelson Smith中將是聯合國駐韓國司令部和美國駐韓部隊的參謀長。他於1915年出生在麻薩諸塞州的柏靈頓。他於1934年畢業於緬因州弗萊伯格學院,並進入緬因州布倫維克的鮑登學院,於1938年獲得政府學士學位。畢業後,他曾在Firestone輪胎和橡膠公司擔任銷售員,後來擔任General輪胎和橡膠公司的區域經理。
他於1941年4月開始他的軍事生涯,成為阿拉巴馬州岡特飛行場的一名航空學員,並於1941年12月晉升為少尉。他被派往緬因州邦戈市的第65轟炸中隊擔任計劃和作戰官,然後前往澳大利亞。從1942年6月到1944年2月,他在西南太平洋地區的408轟炸中隊擔任B-26轟炸機飛行員,然後成為新幾內亞的V轟炸機司令部的作戰助理主任。他執行了51次任務,總共飛行了145個戰鬥小時,並獲得了傑出飛行十字勳章、空中勳章和士兵勳章。他返回美國後,於1944年5月被任命為B-26重新訓練單位的副中隊指揮官,位於路易斯安那州的湖查爾斯。從1944年7月到1945年1月,他擔任第三空軍司令部的中型和輕型轟炸訓練部門主任,位於佛羅里達州坦帕,從1945年1月到1946年2月,擔任第三空軍非常重型轟炸訓練部門主任和標準化委員會主席。1946年3月,史密斯將軍成為陸軍航空兵總部空軍情報部門的空軍部門主管助理,並於1947年7月至1949年3月擔任該部門的計劃估算組長。1949年5月,他被派往海地擔任美國空軍使團團長。由於他的使團長職務,他獲得了海地共和國頒發的國家榮譽和功勳勳章。
1952年7月,他被派往內布拉斯加州奧弗特空軍基地的戰略空軍司令部總部任職,擔任情報總監副主任,並於1953年7月成為該部門主任,並於1955年6月擔任情報局長。在擔任情報局長期間,史密斯將軍於1958年被任命為國防部技術諮詢小組的空軍協調員。該小組的組織目的是確定與預防對美國的突襲有關的問題和所需的保障措施。隨後,他被任命為美國軍事團的總參謀長,該團被派往瑞士日內瓦,旨在為記錄與針對自由國家的突襲有關的問題提供必要的技術專業知識。他還被任命為幾個聯合國委員會的主席,這些委員會直接與由蘇聯領導的東方集團國家組成的委員會合作。史密斯將軍作為戰略空軍司令部的情報局長,在收集、處理、分析和傳播重要情報數據方面開創了電腦技術的應用。他的個人努力於1964年被《航空週刊與太空技術》國家認可,該雜誌稱讚他對航空航天進步的傑出貢獻和對情報運營應用新技術的敏銳推動。
史密斯中將的軍事生涯經歷豐富,他在各個職位上展現出了卓越的領導能力和專業知識。作為聯合國駐韓國司令部和美國駐韓部隊的參謀長,他擔負著重要的責任,確保駐韓部隊的運作順利,維護地區的穩定和安全。史密斯中將的貢獻和領導才能使他成為一位傑出的軍事領袖,他的努力和奉獻為國家和國際社會帶來了重大影響。
參考來源:
– Lieutenant General Robert Nelson Smith Biography, United States Air Force, [https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106664/lieutenant-general-robert-nelson-smith/ ↗](https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106664/lieutenant-general-robert-nelson-smith/)
折疊內容
Lieutenant General Robert Nelson Smith is chief of staff, United Nations Command, Korea, and chief of staff, U.S. Forces, Korea. General Smith was born in Burlington, Mass., in 1915.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT NELSON SMITH
Lieutenant General Robert Nelson Smith is chief of staff, United Nations Command, Korea, and chief of staff, U.S. Forces, Korea. General Smith was born in Burlington, Mass., in 1915. He graduated from Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Maine, in 1934 and entered Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, graduating in 1938 with a bachelor of science degree in government. After graduation he was employed as a salesman by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and later as a district manager for the General Tire and Rubber Company. He began his military career in April 1941 as an aviation cadet at Gunter Field, Ala., and was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1941. He was assigned as plans and operations officer for the 65th Bombardment Squadron, Bangor, Maine, and then in Australia. From June 1942 to February 1944, he was a B-26 pilot in the 408th Bombardment Squadron in the Southwest Pacific Area, and then was assistant director of operations, V Bomber Command in New Guinea. He flew 51 missions with a total of 145 combat hours and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and Soldier’s Medal. He returned to the United States, and in May 1944 was assigned as deputy squadron commander, B-26 Retraining Unit, Lake Charles, La. From July 1944 to January 1945 he was chief, Medium and Light Bombardment Training Section, Headquarters Third Air Force, Tampa, Fla., and from January 1945 to February 1946 was chief, Very Heavy Bombardment Training Section and Standardization Board of the Third Air Force. In March 1946 General Smith became assistant to chief, Air Estimates Branch in the Air Intelligence Division, Headquarters Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C., and from July 1947 to March 1949 was chief, Planning Estimates Section of that branch. In May 1949 he was assigned as chief, U.S. Air Force Mission to Haiti. For his service as mission chief, he was presented the National Order of Honor and Merit Medal by the Republic of Haiti. In July 1952 he was assigned to Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as deputy chief, Target Analysis Division, Directorate of Intelligence, became chief of the division in July 1953, and was assigned as the director of intelligence in June 1955. During his service as director of intelligence for SAC, General Smith was appointed the Air Force coordinator on the secretary of defense Technical Advisory Group in 1958. This group was organized to identify the problems associated with, and the safeguards required against, a surprise attack on the United States. Subsequently, he was appointed the director of the Military Staff of the United States, which was sent to Geneva, Switzerland, for the purpose of providing the technical expertise necessary for documenting the problems associated with a surprise attack on the free nations of the world. He also was appointed chairman of several Allied Nations committees which functioned directly with committees formed by the Eastern Bloc Nations, headed by the Soviet Union. General Smith, as the director of intelligence, SAC, pioneered the use of computer techniques in the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of vital intelligence data. His personal efforts were nationally recognized in 1964 by “Aviation Week and Space Technology” which cited him for his outstanding contribution to the progress of aerospace and his perceptive drive to apply new technology to intelligence op