| 词条 | Alva R. Fitch |
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|name= Alva R. Fitch |birth_date= {{birth date|1907|9|10}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1989|11|25|1907|9|10}} |birth_place= Amherst, Nebraska |death_place= Washington, D.C. |placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= AR Fitch 1966.JPG | image_size = 250 |caption=Alva Revista Fitch in 1966 |nickname= |allegiance= United States of America |branch= United States Army |serviceyears= 34 years |rank= Lieutenant General |commands=3rd Armored Division |battles=Battle of Bataan Korean War |awards= Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Silver Star Bronze Star |laterwork= }}Alva Revista Fitch (September 10, 1907 – November 25, 1989) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and was deputy director of Defense Intelligence Agency from 1964 to 1966.[1] He commanded an artillery battalion during the Battle of Bataan and was a prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945. From October 16, 1961 to January 5, 1964, Fitch served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army.[2] Early lifeBorn in Amherst, Nebraska on September 10, 1907, son of Gertrude De La Barre and John Albert Fitch.[3] Fitch was the first Eagle Scout in Nebraska, and one of the very earliest west of the Mississippi River. He graduated from Kearney High School and received an appointment to West Point, having been nominated by Nebraska senator Robert B. Howell. Junior officerFitch graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1930 and became a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery.[3] He was promoted to first lieutenant in September 1935 and served as Aide de Camp to Get. Leslie J. McNair from 1937 to 1939.[4] World War IIFitch was sent to Fort Stotsenburg in the Philippines in February 1940 and He commanded Battery A of the 23rd Field Artillery Regiment, which was armed with horse and mule drawn QF 2.95-inch Mountain Guns.[5] He was promoted to captain in June 1940. After the invasion of the Philippines began on 8 December 1941, the 23rd Field Artillery was attached to the 26th Cavalry Regiment on December 13[5] and retreated with other units of I Corps to Bataan.[6] Fitch was promoted to major in January 1942 and was put in command of the 71st Field Artillery when Colonel Halstead C. Fowler was wounded. Fitch received the Distinguished Service Cross for leading a battalion of artillery cut off by Japanese encirclement to remaining I Corp units south of Mauban.[7][8] He was captured in May 1942 a few days after surrender and taken prisoner. A survivor of the Bataan Death March, he was held at Luzon at Camp O'Donnell[9][10] In December 1944 he was transferred with other Bataan survivors aboard the Ōryoku Maru to the Fukuoka prison camps.[11] He was released in September 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star for heroism and courage in combat and while a captive of the Japanese.[12] Post-warFrom February to July 1946 he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and remained as an instructor until August 1947.[3] In the Korean War, Fitch was an artillery commander and then commanded the 3rd Armored Division. He later served as Chief of Staff of Army Intelligence before being named to the Defense Intelligence Agency post in 1964. Military intelligenceHe served on the Army Aircraft Requirements Review Board, also known as the Rogers Board, which was established on January 15, 1960 by the Army Chief of Staff to review the Army Aircraft Development Plan and the related industry proposals. The Rogers Board's members included Major Generals Hamilton H. Howze, Thomas F. Van Natta, Robert J. Wood, Richard D. Meyer, Ernest F. Easterbrook, and chairman Lieutenant General Gordon B. Rogers; and its results prefigured the more influential Howze Board on airmobility.[13] Retirement and deathFitch retired from active duty in 1966 and was military editor of the Kiplinger Newsletter from 1966 to 1975. He died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on November 25, 1989 and was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery.[14] General Fitch is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame. Notable subordinatesGeneral Fitch was Elvis Presley's commanding officer during the singer's stint in the Army from 1958 to 1960. Future U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was a lieutenant with the 3rd Armored Division under General Fitch. See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|World War II|Scouting}}
Notes1. ^{{cite news |last=May |first=Eric Charles |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/11/28/lt-gen-alva-r-fitch-dies/fd0316e0-ae80-4a53-b2bf-3123a17fd439/ |title=Lt. Gen. Alva R. Fitch Dies |work=The Washington Post |date=1989-11-28 |accessdate=2016-10-12 }} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Faces of Defense Intelligence: Lt. Gen. Alva R. Fitch |work=DIA News |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Defense Intelligence Agency |date=2016-06-13 |deadurl=no|url=http://www.dia.mil/News/Articles/Article/797415/faces-of-defense-intelligence-lt-gen-alva-r-fitch/ |accessdate=2016-10-12 }} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80b01676r004300180005-3 |title=Briefing of Major General Alva R. Fitch |work= CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |date=1959-10-01 |accessdate=2016-11-01 }} 4. ^{{cite journal |title=Convention Speaker Lieutenant General Alva Revista Fitch |journal=The Quan |date=April 1966 |volume=20 |issue=5 |page=1 |url=http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us/QuanNews/quan1900s/quan1960s/april_1966_quan.pdf |accessdate=2017-04-21 }} 5. ^1 {{cite book|author=Raymond G. Woolfe Jr.|title=The Doomed Horse Soldiers of Bataan: The Incredible Stand of the 26th Cavalry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WloPDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|date=26 May 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4535-8|pages=}} 6. ^{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Stevens|title=Twilight Riders: The Last Charge of the 26th Cavalry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1SNBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA283|date=1 April 2011|publisher=Lyons Press|isbn=978-0-7627-6939-1|pages=283–}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=6083 |title=Alva Restiva Fitch |work=Hall of Valor Database |publisher=Military Times |accessdate=2017-04-20 }} 8. ^{{cite book|title=The Times When Men Must Die: The Story of the Destruction of the Philippine Army During the Early Months of World War II in the Pacific, December 1941-May 1942|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y27BAbDZLXEC|publisher=Dorrance Publishing|isbn=978-1-4349-5563-0|pages=66–67}} 9. ^{{cite book|author=Gregory J. W. Urwin|title=Victory in Defeat: The Wake Island Defenders in Captivity, 1941-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFEM9NYIb7sC&pg=PA440|accessdate=1 January 2013|date=15 November 2010|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=978-1-59114-899-9|pages=440–}} 10. ^{{cite book|author1=Kenneth B. Murphy|author2=James T. Murphy|title=When Men Must Live: An Inspirational True Story of Courage, Hope, and Freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFhWDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT183|date=15 May 2009|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=978-0-9823258-1-0|pages=}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/fukuoka/fuk_01_fukuoka/fukuoka_01/USAffD-H.htm#Fitch |title=American Affidavits |work=Prisoner of War Camp #1 Fukuoka, Japan |accessdate=2017-04-20 }} 12. ^{{cite book|first=Irvin|last=Alexander|title=Surviving Bataan And Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey As A Japanese Prisoner Of War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWfqFW_OFmQC&pg=PA266|accessdate=1 January 2013|date=10 July 2005|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=978-0-8117-3248-2|pages=266–}} 13. ^{{cite book |chapterurl=http://www.history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/Airmobility/airmobility-ch01.html |chapter=Chapter 1 The Growth of the Airmobile Concept |series=Vietnam Studies |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/Airmobility/airmobility-fm.html |title=Airmobility 1961-1971 |id=CMH Pub=1989 |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |year=1989}} 14. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/8879/ |title=Memorial for LTG Alva R. Fitch |work=Cullum No. 8879 |location=Arlington, VA |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |date=1989-11-25 |accessdate=2016-10-12 }} References
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