Alden Kingsland Sibley (Rhodes 1933)
U.S. Army Major General. U.S. Military Academy (West Point) Magdalen College, Rhodes Scholar in Nuclear Physics, Oxford University. Order of the British Empire. Legion of Honor. Croix de Guerre.
1967 to 1968 - Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Fifth Army
1965 to 1967 - Commanding General of U.S. Army XI Corps
1964 to 1966 - Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army Europe
Vietnam War - 1962 to 1964 - Commanding General of U.S. Army Mobility Command
Vietnam War - 1960 to 1961 - Deputy Chief of Military Assistance Advisory Group in Saigon.
1957 - National War College.[4]
Korean War - 1952 to 1955 - SHAPE-NATO, Paris.[4]
1947 - Correspondence courses at the Engineer School, Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College.[4]
WW2 / Korean War - 1945 to 1952 - War Dept. General Staff and Office Secretary of the Army, Colonel.[4]
WW2 - 1942 to 1943 - Deputy Chief of Staff, Middle East Theater of Operations and Commanding Officer, Eritrea and Tripoli Commands, Colonel.[4]
WW2 - On General Eisenhowers staff during the planning of the invasion of Normandy and was an aide to President Franklin Roosevelt.[2]
1937 and 1938, he was the solitary military aide to the President [FDR], and he was the officer in charge of the construction of several major dams under the aegis of the Corps of Engineers, assisted in the development of the St. Lawrence Seaway Project.[2][5]
1936 to 1937 - Engineer Battalion Commander.[5]
1929 to 1933 - Graduated the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), ranked 8 in a class of 347.[2]
[2] - Find a Grave - Alden Kingsland Sibley (Rhodes 1933)
[3] - Paid Notice: Deaths SIBLEY, RETIRED MAJ. GEN. ALDEN KINGSLAND
[4] - SNACooperative.org - Alden Kingsland Sibley (Rhodes 1933)
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