Robert Stack (General)

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Robert Ignatius Stack (born February 1, 1896 in Amsterdam , Montgomery County , New York , USA , † March 20, 1988 in King George , King George County Virginia , USA) was an American general staff officer with the rank of brigadier general .

Professional background

Robert Stack was an alumnus of Cornell University in Ithaca , New York. He served in the American armed forces from 1917 to 1953 .

Stack was used in World War I and thereafter in China and the Philippines before participating in World War II in North Africa and Operation Shingle . In June 1943 he was promoted to brigadier general for a limited period. He was deputy commander from February 1944 to October 1945 and from October 1945 until its dissolution on December 15, 1945 after her return to the United States, commander of the 36th Infantry Division ("Texas Division").

Stack was the US general to whom the former Commander in Chief of the Air Force Hermann Göring surrendered on May 7, 1945, and was arrested as a result. Stack was the first to question Goering on May 8, 1945. Shortly before, troops under Stack's command had arrested General Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt in Bad Tölz.

During the Korean War , Stack trained as deputy reserve commanding officer at Camp Roberts, California . In 1953 he retired.

Private life

Stack was married to Sherry D Stack (1904-1982). Robert I. Stack died in King George, Virginia in March 1988 at the age of 92. He is buried next to his wife in Culpeper National Cemetery in Culpeper , Culpeper County , Virginia .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c BG Robert Stack. In: togetherweserved.com . Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c Robert Stack in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Cornell Alumni News, September 1988, p. 54, PDF file, 36.316 MB
  4. ↑ TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES To be brigadier generals , CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE, p. 5487, 1943
  5. ↑ TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES To be brigadier generals , CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE, p. 5386, 1943
  6. ^ Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Congress, United States. Congress US Government Printing Office, 1943, p. 201; limited preview in Google Book search
  7. ^ Robert Stack promoted to Brig Gen-Ballston Spa , NY Daily Journal, July 15, 1943, at: www.ancestry.com
  8. ^ Hermann Göring: Lived decently for twelve years . In: Spiegel Online . tape April 18 , 2015 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 24, 2019]).
  9. ↑ 36th Texas Military Forces Museum: 36th Division in World War II: Brigadier General Robert I. Stack , texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org
  10. ^ 36th Infrantry Division , history.army.mil
  11. ^ Goering Captured By Texas Outfit , The Houston Chronicle , May 9, 1945, front page
  12. ↑ limited preview in the Google book search
  13. ^ Hermann Goering (center) talks with Brigadier General Robert J. Stack, Assistant Commander of the 36th Infantry Division (right) and Major General John Dahlquist, Commander of the 36th Division after his arrest in the Grand Hotel at Kitzbuehl. , collections.ushmm.org
  14. ↑ Michael Jones: After Hitler: The Last Days of the Second World War in Europe, Hachette UK, 2015, p. 263; limited preview in Google Book search
  15. ^ William Hastings Burke: Hermanns Bruder: Wer war Albert Göring ?, Aufbau Digital, 2012, p. 165; limited preview in Google Book search
  16. ↑ Audrey Bernhardt: Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims ... with Report of Decisions of the Supreme Court in Court of Claims Cases, Volume 174, United States. Court of Claims, The Court, 1966, p. 1003; limited preview in Google Book search
personal data
SURNAME Stack, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stack, Robert Ignatius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American brigadier general
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Montgomery County , New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1988
Place of death King George , King George County Virginia , USA